The Times-Picayune, Saturday, February 10, 2007, p B5
"ADAMS
Betty Jean Adams, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Gatewood Wellborn and sons, Thomas Adams Wellborn and Jeffry Clarke Wellborn, their children, Jewelyn adams, Ary Thomas, Samuel James, Thomas Jefferson and Katherine Elizabeth Wellborn, and wives, Jewel (Fernandez) and Jennifer (Seeman), respectively.
Born in New Orleans, LA., to the late Thomas and Alice Adams, Betty graduated from the McGhee School and obtained her BA in English from Newcomb College. She was extremely active socially, organizing and hosting many events for her family and community. She was also an avid reader and worked to obtain an advanced degree in English.
In addition, Betty participated in League of Women Voters, scouting, substitute teaching, the hospital volunteer organization known as Pink Ladies, and promoted arts through sculpture, painting, writing and opera. Grand opera, in particular, proved to be a major vocation in Wilmington, DE, where she was a major catalyst for the reorganization of the Wilmington Opera Society into Opera Delaware. There she devoted many years of service as casting, costumes, and assistant production manager. This endeavor eventually culminated in a role as producer for the operas Traviata and Die Fliedermaus.
Betty was also a passionate traveler, the discovery of which began with an extensive trip to postwar Europe in 1948. She frequently returned to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East with her husband and parents, other family members and friends. She also visited Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas in intervening years. She traveled to Israel, as well as Russia and China.
The penultimate experience was a trip around-the-world in 1995, in which she visited New Zealand, Australia, and India. Detailed descriptions of her adventures were published weekly in the travel section of the New Orleans newspaper, The Times-Picayune. Finally, she went supersonic on one of the last flights of the transcontinental Concorde.
Her family and friends will miss her dearly, and it can be truly said she greatly enriched the lives of everyone with whom she had contact. Her friends knew her as a witty, energetic woman with a strong, albeit dry, sense of humor. Her legacy leaves a large wake of people who have a much greater understanding and tolerance for each other, and the ability to enjoy many positive aspects of life.
Send gifts in memory to:Louise S. McGhee School, Development Office, 2343 Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.
A memorial service will be held 10 AM Sunday, February 11, 2007 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 200 S.E. Maynard Road, Cary. Friends and family will gather after the service at her daughter Elizabeth's house in Cary, NC."
Obit graciously provided by: Sharon (#46808067)
"ADAMS
Betty Jean Adams, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Gatewood Wellborn and sons, Thomas Adams Wellborn and Jeffry Clarke Wellborn, their children, Jewelyn adams, Ary Thomas, Samuel James, Thomas Jefferson and Katherine Elizabeth Wellborn, and wives, Jewel (Fernandez) and Jennifer (Seeman), respectively.
Born in New Orleans, LA., to the late Thomas and Alice Adams, Betty graduated from the McGhee School and obtained her BA in English from Newcomb College. She was extremely active socially, organizing and hosting many events for her family and community. She was also an avid reader and worked to obtain an advanced degree in English.
In addition, Betty participated in League of Women Voters, scouting, substitute teaching, the hospital volunteer organization known as Pink Ladies, and promoted arts through sculpture, painting, writing and opera. Grand opera, in particular, proved to be a major vocation in Wilmington, DE, where she was a major catalyst for the reorganization of the Wilmington Opera Society into Opera Delaware. There she devoted many years of service as casting, costumes, and assistant production manager. This endeavor eventually culminated in a role as producer for the operas Traviata and Die Fliedermaus.
Betty was also a passionate traveler, the discovery of which began with an extensive trip to postwar Europe in 1948. She frequently returned to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East with her husband and parents, other family members and friends. She also visited Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas in intervening years. She traveled to Israel, as well as Russia and China.
The penultimate experience was a trip around-the-world in 1995, in which she visited New Zealand, Australia, and India. Detailed descriptions of her adventures were published weekly in the travel section of the New Orleans newspaper, The Times-Picayune. Finally, she went supersonic on one of the last flights of the transcontinental Concorde.
Her family and friends will miss her dearly, and it can be truly said she greatly enriched the lives of everyone with whom she had contact. Her friends knew her as a witty, energetic woman with a strong, albeit dry, sense of humor. Her legacy leaves a large wake of people who have a much greater understanding and tolerance for each other, and the ability to enjoy many positive aspects of life.
Send gifts in memory to:Louise S. McGhee School, Development Office, 2343 Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.
A memorial service will be held 10 AM Sunday, February 11, 2007 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 200 S.E. Maynard Road, Cary. Friends and family will gather after the service at her daughter Elizabeth's house in Cary, NC."
Obit graciously provided by: Sharon (#46808067)
The Times-Picayune, Saturday, February 10, 2007, p B5
"ADAMS
Betty Jean Adams, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Gatewood Wellborn and sons, Thomas Adams Wellborn and Jeffry Clarke Wellborn, their children, Jewelyn adams, Ary Thomas, Samuel James, Thomas Jefferson and Katherine Elizabeth Wellborn, and wives, Jewel (Fernandez) and Jennifer (Seeman), respectively.
Born in New Orleans, LA., to the late Thomas and Alice Adams, Betty graduated from the McGhee School and obtained her BA in English from Newcomb College. She was extremely active socially, organizing and hosting many events for her family and community. She was also an avid reader and worked to obtain an advanced degree in English.
In addition, Betty participated in League of Women Voters, scouting, substitute teaching, the hospital volunteer organization known as Pink Ladies, and promoted arts through sculpture, painting, writing and opera. Grand opera, in particular, proved to be a major vocation in Wilmington, DE, where she was a major catalyst for the reorganization of the Wilmington Opera Society into Opera Delaware. There she devoted many years of service as casting, costumes, and assistant production manager. This endeavor eventually culminated in a role as producer for the operas Traviata and Die Fliedermaus.
Betty was also a passionate traveler, the discovery of which began with an extensive trip to postwar Europe in 1948. She frequently returned to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East with her husband and parents, other family members and friends. She also visited Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas in intervening years. She traveled to Israel, as well as Russia and China.
The penultimate experience was a trip around-the-world in 1995, in which she visited New Zealand, Australia, and India. Detailed descriptions of her adventures were published weekly in the travel section of the New Orleans newspaper, The Times-Picayune. Finally, she went supersonic on one of the last flights of the transcontinental Concorde.
Her family and friends will miss her dearly, and it can be truly said she greatly enriched the lives of everyone with whom she had contact. Her friends knew her as a witty, energetic woman with a strong, albeit dry, sense of humor. Her legacy leaves a large wake of people who have a much greater understanding and tolerance for each other, and the ability to enjoy many positive aspects of life.
Send gifts in memory to:Louise S. McGhee School, Development Office, 2343 Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.
A memorial service will be held 10 AM Sunday, February 11, 2007 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 200 S.E. Maynard Road, Cary. Friends and family will gather after the service at her daughter Elizabeth's house in Cary, NC."
Obit graciously provided by: Sharon (#46808067)
"ADAMS
Betty Jean Adams, died on Thursday, February 8, 2007. Survivors include her daughter, Elizabeth Gatewood Wellborn and sons, Thomas Adams Wellborn and Jeffry Clarke Wellborn, their children, Jewelyn adams, Ary Thomas, Samuel James, Thomas Jefferson and Katherine Elizabeth Wellborn, and wives, Jewel (Fernandez) and Jennifer (Seeman), respectively.
Born in New Orleans, LA., to the late Thomas and Alice Adams, Betty graduated from the McGhee School and obtained her BA in English from Newcomb College. She was extremely active socially, organizing and hosting many events for her family and community. She was also an avid reader and worked to obtain an advanced degree in English.
In addition, Betty participated in League of Women Voters, scouting, substitute teaching, the hospital volunteer organization known as Pink Ladies, and promoted arts through sculpture, painting, writing and opera. Grand opera, in particular, proved to be a major vocation in Wilmington, DE, where she was a major catalyst for the reorganization of the Wilmington Opera Society into Opera Delaware. There she devoted many years of service as casting, costumes, and assistant production manager. This endeavor eventually culminated in a role as producer for the operas Traviata and Die Fliedermaus.
Betty was also a passionate traveler, the discovery of which began with an extensive trip to postwar Europe in 1948. She frequently returned to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East with her husband and parents, other family members and friends. She also visited Mexico, Canada, and the Bahamas in intervening years. She traveled to Israel, as well as Russia and China.
The penultimate experience was a trip around-the-world in 1995, in which she visited New Zealand, Australia, and India. Detailed descriptions of her adventures were published weekly in the travel section of the New Orleans newspaper, The Times-Picayune. Finally, she went supersonic on one of the last flights of the transcontinental Concorde.
Her family and friends will miss her dearly, and it can be truly said she greatly enriched the lives of everyone with whom she had contact. Her friends knew her as a witty, energetic woman with a strong, albeit dry, sense of humor. Her legacy leaves a large wake of people who have a much greater understanding and tolerance for each other, and the ability to enjoy many positive aspects of life.
Send gifts in memory to:Louise S. McGhee School, Development Office, 2343 Prytania Street, New Orleans, LA 70130.
A memorial service will be held 10 AM Sunday, February 11, 2007 at Brown-Wynne Funeral Home, 200 S.E. Maynard Road, Cary. Friends and family will gather after the service at her daughter Elizabeth's house in Cary, NC."
Obit graciously provided by: Sharon (#46808067)
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