On the early morning of October 18, 2019 God whispered in the ear of Brother Kenneth Lee Adamson and said, "I need you in my Heavenly Choir". Brother Kenneth quietly closed his eyes and went peacefully to sing his solo with the Heavenly Choir.

Kenneth Lee Adamson was born on August 18, 1948 in Lexington, VA to the late Norman Adamson and Edith Mae Johnson.    After attending elementary school in Waynesboro, VA and he later relocated to the Orange, VA area.  He graduated from Orange County High School in Orange, VA and was one of the 1 ^st Afro-American basketball players on the varsity team.  After graduation Kenny served in the United States Army and fought for his country during the Vietnam War with a ranking of Sergeant.    He was a proud Vietnam Vet.

At a young age, Kenny was baptized at Shiloh Baptist Church in Waynesboro, VA.   After return home from the war he later became a member of Nazareth Baptist Church, Orange, VA.  He was ordained in 1992 as a deacon under the leadership of Rev. Joseph Moore.  After he was ordained as a deacon, he moved his church members to Shady Grove Baptist Church, Orange, VA.  As a member of Shady Grove Baptist Church, he wore many hats. Brother Kenny taught Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.  He was also a Member of the Executive Board.  He took great pride in helping with the churches' annual health fair and he had the health fair pens to prove it.  Singing and directing the Shady Grove Baptist Church Male Choir was what but a smile on his face. He always had a song to sing and a testimony to share.

After returning home from the Vietnam War, Kenny was employed by Virginia Metal and the Town of Orange.  He was one of the first Afro-American employees the A&P Grocery store.   He later was employed by Williams Company formally known as Tranco Continental Pipeline in Unionville, VA.  Kenny retired from Williams Company after working for nearly 30 years.   After retiring this gave him plenty of time do the thing he loved, such as visiting the sick, working with the veterans, loving on his grand-children and great grand-children, taking his daily walks around Orange County with a stop at McDonalds where is would sit and talk with the locals. Kenny was on many committees in the community doing his part to make Orange County a place where everyone was treated equally.  But we know that getting on the golf course was one of his main loves.  If you were looking for him on Monday, Wednesday or Friday you would have to go to one of the local golf courses to find him.

He was proceeded in death by his father, Norman J. Adamson; stepfather, Harry Lindsey Johnson and one brother, Jeffrey Adamson.  He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Paulette Adamson; his loving mother, Edith Mae Johnson; one son, James Todd Miles (Angel) of Orange, Va; three daughters, Antoinette Collins (Sherman) and Kim Adamson both of Orange, VA and Keisha Hunter of New Jersey; stepmother, Justine Adamson of New Jersey;  one aunt, Elaine Stuart of Waynesboro; four brothers, Norman Adamson (Mary) of Maryland, Dorelle Macky of Virginia, Gregory Adamson and Charles Mallory,  both of New Jersey; six sisters, Toni Carberry of North Carolina (Larry), Janine Clay of Virginia, Ray Carla Pennick of Colorado and Paula Kinsey Evans, Charlene Cumberbatch and Sherri Hunter all of New Jersey; fourteen grandchildren; ten great-grandchildren and a host of nieces, nephews and cousins.

A Special Thank to Ashland Rehab & Nursing Home, Ashland, V; Heartland Hospice, Richmond, VA; Janice Quarles, Shameka Thompson, and Ruby Aston of Orange, VA