Elnora Adams, daughter of the late Roy and Ofie Johnson of Canalou, Missouri, was born July 26, 1932 at New Madrid, Missouri and passed away on March 11, 2015 at the Methodist Hospital in Germantown, Tennessee at the age of 82. 

Mrs. Adams was a member of the Ellendale Baptist Church in  Bartlett, Tennessee, and a former resident of Dexter.  She loved spending time with her family, cooking/baking, sewing, quilting, fishing and reading.

She is survived by her daughters, Gala Bonner, Cordova, Tennessee; Kimberley Wiggins, Bartlett, Tennessee; Julie Maness, Asheboro, North Carolina; one brother, Gale Johnson, Canalou, Missouri; two stepsons, Ronald Cook, Lee Summit, Missouri and Dennis Cook, Antioch, Tennessee; seven grandchildren, thirteen step-grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and her dog, “Sweetie”.

She was preceded in death by her husbands, Paul Cook and Hugh Adams; two sons, Michael Cooksey and Tim Cooksey; stepson, Ted Cook; sister, Faye Farmer; brothers, Kenneth Johnson, Gay Johnson, Jerry Johnson; and grandson, Bradley Wiggins.

Visitation will be held at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Saturday, March 21, 2015 with funeral services to follow in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel at 2:00 p.m. 

Burial to follow in Sikeston Memorial Park Garden of Memories in Sikeston, Missouri.

Memorials in Mrs. Adams' memory may be made to the Ellendale Baptist Church, 3861 Broadway Road, Bartlett, Tennessee 38315  (please note Annie Armstrong on check memo) or The American Heart Association, 3816 Paysphere Circle, Chicago, Illinois 60674.