He loved to play golf and was an above-average player. Officer Adams was a graduate of Bluffton College in Ohio and worked as a social worker before becoming police officer. He was survived by his fiancée Vanessa Sewell, parents Harvey and Evelyn Adams, four brothers Michael, Calvin, Stanley and Gilbert, and four sisters Juanita Smith, Debra Adams, Teresa Holland and Stacey Adams. He was the first and only Marietta Police officer killed in the line of duty.