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[JudynTX]

DOUGLAS -- A celebration of life for James William "Jim" Adams, 53, will be held at a later date.

He died Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 at Memorial Hospital of Converse County in Douglas.

Jim, who had tired of reading obituaries noting other's courageous battles with this or that disease, wanted it known that he lost his battle. It was primarily as a result of being stubborn and not following doctor's orders or maybe for just living life a little too hard for better than five decades.

He was born June 8, 1955 in Garrison, N.D. the son of James William and Ruby Helen (Clark) Adams.

He was sadly deprived of his final wish, which was to be run over by a beer truck on the way to the liquor store to buy booze for a date. True to his personal style, he spent his final hours joking with medical personnel, cussing and begging for narcotics and bargaining with God to look over his loving dog, Biscuit, and his family.

He would like to thank all "his ladies" for putting up with him the last 30 years.

During his life, he excelled at anything he put his mind to. He loved to hear and tell jokes and spin tales of grand adventures he may or may not have had.

He is survived by five sons, Jeremiah Adams and his wife, Nicole, Mica Olivas, Wade Olivas, Brice Simpson and Cole Adams; sister, Jerri Giegerich; two ex-wives, Vickie Harrison and Marilyn Williams; four grandchildren; two nieces; and two great-nieces.

He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother-in-law.

In lieu of flowers, he asks that you make a sizeable purchase at your favorite watering hole, get rip roaring drunk and tell the stories he no longer can.


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[Viva Las Espuelas]

putting Fun back in Funeral. nothing wrong with that. janis joplin sure had a plan.

[Sunshine]

Sounds like something my mom would have written if she'd known she was going to die! She did tell us at one point that when she did die, she wanted her obituary to be straight and to the point. She DIED, she didn't pass, pass away, meet her maker, leave her earthly body for her heavenly home...she died. Period. And she wanted her cause of death to be listed, again straight forward, which in her case we simply said "E***** R***** died July 21st in a car wreck in Fredericksburg, Texas." She read the obits every morning that I can remember and she used to say "well I wish they'd said how this or that person died, they sure were young" or "look at that picture, it must be 30 years old!"

I saw an obit on mysa a few weeks ago that said "so-and-so passed his last gas on Tuesday". Fatsack thought that was pretty funny.

[Slydragon]

Sounds like something my mom would have written if she'd known she was going to die! She did tell us at one point that when she did die, she wanted her obituary to be straight and to the point. She DIED, she didn't pass, pass away, meet her maker, leave her earthly body for her heavenly home...she died. Period. And she wanted her cause of death to be listed, again straight forward, which in her case we simply said "E***** R***** died July 21st in a car wreck in Fredericksburg, Texas." She read the obits every morning that I can remember and she used to say "well I wish they'd said how this or that person died, they sure were young" or "look at that picture, it must be 30 years old!"

I saw an obit on mysa a few weeks ago that said "so-and-so passed his last gas on Tuesday". Fatsack thought that was pretty funny.

I think when I die I want mine to say how I died, I don't read the obituary much but when I do I always wonder how they died especially the younger ones 19-50. All the older people I just assume old age caught up with them.