Verttle Lee Adams, daughter of the late William Ray Silliman and Agnes Martha Harris Silliman, was born on March 22, 1929, in Vinson, Missouri, and departed this life on January 26, 2024, at Crowley Ridge Care Center in Dexter, Missouri, at the age of 94 years.

Mrs. Adams was a former employee of Elder Manufacturing in Dexter, Missouri, and a resident of Dexter. She attended Risen Church in Dexter and was a member of the Dexter Elks Lodge.

On May 19, 1947, in Piggott, Arkansas, she was united in marriage to John “Pete” Adams. Mr. Adams preceded her in death on November 3, 2002.

She is survived by two sons, David Adams (Marsha) of Dexter, Missouri, and Gene Adams (Ann) of Fairdealing, Missouri, by her sister, Peggy Bollinger (Doug) of Dexter, Missouri; by two grandsons, Travis Adams (Dana) and Tim Adams (Stephanie); and by six great grandchildren, Kendall, Karsen, Jade, Taylor, Jake, and Austin.

Other than by her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by her grandson, Mike Adams; by two brothers, Bill Silliman, and J. W. Silliman; and by two sisters, Betty Myers, and Beverly Durham.

Visitation will be held at Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. Funeral services will then be conducted in the Mathis Funeral Home Chapel on Tuesday, January 30, 2024, at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Preston Owens officiating. Interment will follow the Chalk Bluff Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to 18 Fore Life, c/o Scott Kruse, 705 Laurie Circle, Dexter MO  63841

Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.