Willie Vernis Adams (1933 – 2025)

Willie Vernis Adams, 91, of Front Royal, Virginia, went home to be with his Lord and Savior on Sunday, April 6, 2025, surrounded by his loving family at his home.

Willie Vernis Adams

A funeral service will be held on Thursday, April 10, at noon at Hope Free Will Baptist Church, 75 Cedar Park Ct., Front Royal, Virginia, with Pastor Randy Hayes officiating. Interment will follow in Panorama Memorial Gardens at Waterlick.

Mr. Adams was born November 21, 1933, in Pound, Virginia, son of the late Gilbert and Laura Bolling Adams.

He expressed his love for his Lord through his beautiful tenor voice and guitar playing. Over the past 40 years, he sang in three different gospel groups. In addition to his great love of music, he also loved fishing.

Mr. Adams served during the Korean War as a United States Army veteran.

Surviving is his loving and devoted wife of 62 years, Josephine Stanley Adams; two daughters, Carol Major (Rocky) of Stafford, Virginia and Wanda Adams-Martin (Beau) of Virginia Beach, Virginia; one brother, Bobby Adams (Annette) of Eolia, Kentucky; and two grandsons, Kent Adam Oakey of Virginia Beach, Virginia and Logan Stanley Major of Stafford, Virginia.

Mr. Adams was preceded in death by his parents and siblings, Doyle Adams, Ivis Adams Hayes, Elva Adams, and Vina Adams Hampton.

Beau Martin, Tim Anderson, Chris Boggs, Clifford Mullins, Logan Major, and Mike Baker will be pallbearers.

The family will receive friends on Wednesday, April 9, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the church.