Wallace - Person Sheet
Wallace - Person Sheet
NameADAMS, Benjamin Strickler 
Birth Date14 Apr 1933
Birth PlaceNashville, Davidson County, Tennessee
Death Date22 May 2017 Age: 84
Death PlaceOak Ridge, Anderson County, Tennessee
FatherADAMS, Chancellor Alfred Thompson Sr. (1898-1982)
MotherHUGHES, Karin Phillips (1901-1993)
Misc. Notes
Benjamin Strickler Adams, 83, died peacefully at home in Oak Ridge, surrounded by family. Born in Nashville in 1933, he was the son of Chancellor Alfred T. and Karin Hughes Adams, both now deceased. Mr. Adams, who graduated from Montgomery Bell Academy where he played football and was named to the All-City team, received his B.S. in civil engineering from Vanderbilt University. He was a member of Phi Delta Theta fraternity. Upon graduation from Vanderbilt he was commissioned an ensign and served three years in the Navy, including as chief engineer on a destroyer. He was honorably discharged as a Lieutenant Junior Grade.
He married then-Connie Louise McKay of Oak Ridge, having met her while she attended Vanderbilt, and the couple moved to Oak Ridge, where in 1959 he co-founded the architectural and engineering firm later known as Adams Craft Herz Walker. He was retired as president of the firm. A registered professional civil engineer, he was also a registered land surveyor and a registered landscape architect.
Mr. Adams was an active community leader, having served as president of Rotary and as a founder of the Roane Anderson Economic Council, now known as the East Tennessee Economic Council, and was also a past president of Tennesseans for the Arts and had served on the board of the Knoxville Opera Company. He chaired the Oak Ridge 40th Anniversary Committee and was a past president of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
In the early 1970s he designed and built a cabin on Watt Bar Lake -- from old hand-hewn logs salvaged from two cabins and a dogtrot -- that his family continues to use. A music lover all his life, he played guitar and enjoyed songfests with his family and friends. He served as emcee at the Museum of Appalachia's annual Fall Homecoming for 35 years.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Connie McKay Adams; three children, Elizabeth "Beth" McKay Adams and her husband, David B. Scott, of Nashville, Benjamin Strickler Adams Jr. and his wife, Hollis Mussler Adams, of Mooresville, N.C.; and Nancy Adams-Linn and her husband, Scott Linn, of Oak Ridge; and six grandchildren, Andrew and Karin Scott, Hollis and Benjamin "Bo" Adams III, and Klara and Jackson Linn.
Also surviving are a brother and his wife, John and Carol Adams of Katy, Texas; and three sisters, Karin Adams Stewart and Rosalie Adams Crispin, both of Nashville, and Mary Adams and her husband, Dr. Andy Wiley, of Red Bluff, Calif.; and numerous cousins. A brother, Alfred T. Adams Jr., died earlier.
The body was cremated. Honorary pallbearers are Ridley Wills, Glenn Greer, Pat Postma, Jim McKay, Bill Phillips, Manny Herz, Tom Hill, Pete Craven and John Rice Irwin.
He married then-Connie Louise McKay of Oak Ridge, having met her while she attended Vanderbilt, and the couple moved to Oak Ridge, where in 1959 he co-founded the architectural and engineering firm later known as Adams Craft Herz Walker. He was retired as president of the firm. A registered professional civil engineer, he was also a registered land surveyor and a registered landscape architect.
Mr. Adams was an active community leader, having served as president of Rotary and as a founder of the Roane Anderson Economic Council, now known as the East Tennessee Economic Council, and was also a past president of Tennesseans for the Arts and had served on the board of the Knoxville Opera Company. He chaired the Oak Ridge 40th Anniversary Committee and was a past president of the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce.
In the early 1970s he designed and built a cabin on Watt Bar Lake -- from old hand-hewn logs salvaged from two cabins and a dogtrot -- that his family continues to use. A music lover all his life, he played guitar and enjoyed songfests with his family and friends. He served as emcee at the Museum of Appalachia's annual Fall Homecoming for 35 years.
Mr. Adams is survived by his wife, Connie McKay Adams; three children, Elizabeth "Beth" McKay Adams and her husband, David B. Scott, of Nashville, Benjamin Strickler Adams Jr. and his wife, Hollis Mussler Adams, of Mooresville, N.C.; and Nancy Adams-Linn and her husband, Scott Linn, of Oak Ridge; and six grandchildren, Andrew and Karin Scott, Hollis and Benjamin "Bo" Adams III, and Klara and Jackson Linn.
Also surviving are a brother and his wife, John and Carol Adams of Katy, Texas; and three sisters, Karin Adams Stewart and Rosalie Adams Crispin, both of Nashville, and Mary Adams and her husband, Dr. Andy Wiley, of Red Bluff, Calif.; and numerous cousins. A brother, Alfred T. Adams Jr., died earlier.
The body was cremated. Honorary pallbearers are Ridley Wills, Glenn Greer, Pat Postma, Jim McKay, Bill Phillips, Manny Herz, Tom Hill, Pete Craven and John Rice Irwin.