- Date Of Birth: September 10, 1947
- Date Of Death: January 25, 2014
- State: Idaho
James Adamson, 66, passed away on January 25, 2014 at his home in Nampa after a long, arduous fight with cancer.
James was born in East Texas, September 10, 1947, in Bonham, Texas – the son of Herschel and Ruth Adamson. James was the first of seven children. He moved with his folks to West Texas when he was five years old. His dad did land farming for different farmers and settled in Lubbock, Texas where he worked as a delivery man for Bell Diary.
James attended Lubbock High School and later went to college in Rock Island, IL. There, he fell in love with an Idaho girl, Gretta Musick, and married July 19, 1968. He returned to the Quad Cities where he finished his four years of college. While there, God blessed them with two trophies (a daughter and a son). In 1972, James moved his family back to his hometown in Lubbock, Texas and there, their third trophy was born (another daughter) and where they spent 27 years in the south.
James moved his family to Idaho in 1993 and fell in love with the Treasure Valley (a big scenery change from the windy, dry, flat land that made up West Texas – tornado alley!).
At the age of 15, James started working on a car lot for Calvin Brunken after school. He eventually became a car salesman and was good at it. That was his thing – running his own car lot, managing lots for others, buying and selling on the side or for friends and family, buying old trucks and restoring them. He was very knowledgeable and had a real knack for knowing what people wanted and/or needed. His daughter considered him so good at his job she would call him, give him a general idea of what she might want, and he would pick it out. She bought her first three cars sight unseen, and he delivered them to her although she lived many miles away (Louisiana, Quad Cities).
James grew up in a family who was talented both vocally and musically. Many happy moments were spent gathered around the piano singing and playing. James was especially blessed with the gift of music. He could play pretty much anything he put in his hands: the piano, organ, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass guitar, accordion, and violin. He had almost no formal training – 2-3 piano lessons after which, he would teach his sisters what he had learned. He began playing at the age of 11.
James is preceded in death by his parents, Herschel and Ruth Adamson. He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Gretta; and their children, Sandra, Leroy, and Joyce all of Nampa, Idaho; one brother, Rev. Kennith and Alice Adamson of Westlake, LA; and five sisters, Linda Tew of Post, TX, Jarvis and Ken Farrow of Lubbock, TX, Martha and Phil McCormick of Davenport, IA, Cynthia and Roger Hendon of Lubbock, TX, Vera and Mark Roman of Big Springs, TX; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
