NATCHEZ — Bryant Adams knew bringing Natchez and Adams County together would not be easy, but he also knew bringing the two governments together was necessary.

Although Adams didn’t live to see the consolidation of city and county emergency dispatch services, his name is now on the door leading to the recently establish city-county E911 dispatch center.

City, county, E911 officials and family members gathered in the basement of the Adams County Sheriff’s Office and jail to dedicate the Bryant Adams Room Friday afternoon.

“This was Bryant’s vision from the time we started,” E911 board president Rodney Holder said during the dedication ceremony.

Behind the door bearing his name, E911 dispatchers were busy answering calls, ready to send local law enforcement and firefighters to the next emergency.

Adams died June 13, 2013. He served on the E911 board for more than 10 years and was president of the board when he died.

The consolidated E911 Dispatch Center went into operation in April 2017.

E911 Dispatch Supervisor Catherine Latham read a proclamation by the Adams County Board of Supervisors dedicating the room in Adams’ name.

Those who knew Adams said he was a loyal and dedicated servant who was passionate about the E911 board and the benefits of a consolidated dispatch center.

“Dad could bring people together,” Adams’ son Lance said Friday.

Now a student at the University of Southern Mississippi, Lance Adams was an Adams County Sheriff’s deputy during the time when his father was on the E911 board.

“Dad was passionate about it and knew what a big thing (a consolidated E911 center) would be,” Lance said. “He was a problem solver, a fixer. He had a way of getting people on the same page.”

“I think that he was one of the reason’s (the E911 center) happened,” Lance said.

Those in attendance agreed.

“He wanted it and he wanted it bad,” former Adams County Emergency Management Director Stan Owens said. “He put so much into it. I wish he was here to see it come through.”