Mary Adams

Mary Ann Adams (nee Burgess), 76 of Winfield died Wednesday May 31, 2006 at her home. She was married in Washington D.C. on June 8, 1950 to Sylvester R. “Dutch” Adams who now resides at their home of 18 years in Winfield. She was born August 28, 1929 in Nashville , TN the daughter of the late Robert S. Burgess and the late Hester Ann Dunivant Burgess. Surviving in addition to her husband are son Dr. Robert R. Adams & wife Janice of Cookeville , TN; sister Patricia Mason & husband Lynwood of Melbourne FL; grandchildren: Robert, Jennifer & Laura Holt of Winfield; Douglas, Thomas, Stuart & Genevieve of Cookeville, TN; and Joseph Ignatius III of Sykesville. Also survived by son-in-law Joseph Ignatius, Jr. of Sykesville, brother-in-law Martin Adams and sister-in-law Helen Adams, both of Mooresville , NC . She was preceded in death by siblings: Robert S. Burgess of Albany , NY , Jane Franklin of Mt. Juliet , TN , James T. Burgess of Marshall, VA; children: Linda Joyce Ignatius of Sykesville, and Nancy Adams Holt of Mt. Airy; and grandson Benjamin Ignatius of Sykesville. In 1940, the Burgess family moved from Nashville , TN to Atlanta , GA and moved again in 1944 to Washington , D.C. where her father took the position of Deputy Assistant Postmaster General. Mary Ann is a graduate of Strayer Business College . She entered Federal Service in March 1950 and for 3 years worked at the Department of State. Then she moved to the Library of Congress where she worked in the Office of the Deputy Librarian of Congress for 33 years. During the last ten years of service she held the position of Special Assistant to the Deputy Librarian of Congress. Mary Ann was a very giving and gracious lady; friendly and outgoing, but modest about her many accomplishments. She has had lunch at the White House and dined in a Viennese Palace and has traveled throughout North America and Western Europe . She will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. Funeral Services will held on Saturday June 3, 2006 at 11 AM at Ebenezer United Methodist Church, 4911 Woodbine Road, Sykesville with the Dr. Rev. Gayle Annis-Forder officiating. Interment will be in Resthaven Memorial Gardens , Frederick . Pallbearers will be Robert R. Adams, Robert B. Holt, Martin Adams, Steven Adams, Joseph Ignatius and Joseph Ignatius III. Friends may call at Burrier-Queen Funeral Home, 1212 W. Old Liberty Road , Winfield (Beside South Carroll High School) on Friday from 6-9 PM. In lieu of flowers contributions can be made to Carroll County Cancer Center , 555 S. Center Street , Westminster , MD 21157 or Carroll Hospice, Inc. 95 Carroll St. Westminster , MD 21157 .