Floyd C. Adams Jr.

October 15, 2019

Floyd Adams Jr. (Bro) of Elmer passed away in his sleep October 15, 2019 under hospice care at Golden Care and Rehabilitation. He was a lifelong Elmer resident. He was born in Vineland, NJ in 1937, the second child of Floyd (Fudgie) Adams Sr. and Florence (Bach) Adams. After graduation from Bridgeton High School, he began studies at Gettysburg College, majoring in Business. At Gettysburg he met and adored Sandra VanCleef, and they were married in 1960. After graduation, he began working in the family business, F.C. Adams Ford-Mercury, first in the parts department and later in sales and management. He worked there until 1986 when the business was sold. Later in life he drove parts delivery vehicles for many years, first for Cobby’s Auto Parts and finally for Lilliston Ford in Vineland, and worked well into his 70’s. Active in his community, he served on the Elmer School Board for fourteen years, eight of those years as President. He was a member of the Elmer Rotary Club. He served as a trustee of the Elmer Methodist Church, of which he was a lifelong member. He was a member of the Chestnut Grove Cemetery Association. He was also a member of the Elmer Masonic lodge, and recently was awarded his fifty-year pin. He served as a member of the New Jersey Automobile Dealers Association for many years while in the car business. He loved his model trains, of which he was a voracious collector. He attended as many train shows over the years as he could, never failing to add to his collection of rolling stock. He was a die-hard Flyers fan also, and watched the televised games frequently. He enjoyed reading suspense novels. He was a devout Three Stooges fan, indoctrinating his three sons to be the same. As his children grew he and Sandra took the kids on classic road-trip summer vacations, visiting almost everywhere on the east coast and Canada. But his favorite destination by far was Bar Harbor, ME. For many years, he and Sandy vacationed there in September, always staying in the same motel when they traveled and making many friends there over the years. He will be sorely missed. Above all, he adored his wife Sandra, to whom he was married for 52 years until her death in 2012. He is survived by his sons Floyd Adams III and Michael (Nikki) Adams of Monroeville, and Edward Adams, of Corryton Tennessee, five grandchildren and one great-grandson; his sister Pat Josephson Bolz of Florida, and several nieces and nephews. He was pre-deceased by his parents and a sister, Diane Silver. Services will be held on Monday, October 21, 2019 at the Adams Funeral Home, 111 S. Main St., Elmer, NJ 08318. The family will begin to greet those who wish to stop by and pay their respects at 10 AM with the service to follow at 11 AM. Interment will take place afterwards at Chestnut Grove Cemetery. www.adamsfuneralhome.org