WILDSVILLE — Funeral services for J.W. “Dub” Adams, 76, of Wildsville, who died Friday, Oct. 3, 2008, at his residence after a lengthy battle with cancer, will be 2 p.m. today at the First Pentecostal Church of Jonesville with the Revs. Jack Knapp and Danny Sharp officiating.

Burial will follow at Evangeline Cemetery in Wildsville under the direction of Young’s Funeral Home in Jonesville.

Visitation was 6 p.m. Saturday at First Pentecostal Church.

Mr. Adams was born Jan. 12, 1932, the son of Samuel Lee and Florence “Maude” Gaspard Adams. He was a lifelong resident of Jonesville, a commercial fisherman, a retired worker for the Town of Jonesville and a member of the First Pentecostal Church of Jonesville.

He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife of 52 years, Lois Paul Adams; three brothers, J.C. Adams, Curtis Adams and Wesley Adams and one sister, Wanda Lou Cotton.

He is survived by his second wife, Margie Carlton Carlos Adams; one son, Leland Paul Adams Sr. and daughter-in-law Judy Adams, of Wildsville; one grandson, Leland Paul Adams Jr., and wife Heidi, of Wildsville; one great-grandson, Wesley Paul Adams; one brother, Clarence Lee Adams and wife, Naomi, of Jonesville; two sisters, Mary Bordelon and Francis Everne Whatley, both of Jonesville as well as a host of family and friends.

Pallbearers will be Richard Netherland, “Tuffy” Book, Reggie Whatley, Barney Lee Adams, Ronnie “Slick” Adams and Gary Carlton. Honorary pallbearers will be Billy Carlton, Ben Adams, Buddy Dupree, Coy Book and Clay Adams.