Margaret Adams

Margaret Tena (Fougere) Adams, 90, widow of Jesse I. Adams, Jr., died September 8, 2011 at NHC Healthcare in Charleston, SC. The memorial service will be held at 10:30 AM on Monday, September 12, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Mrs. Adams was born April 6, 1921 in Nova Scotia, Canada, daughter of the late Alexander Fougere and Mary Evelyn (Poirier) Fougere. Margaret was predeceased by a sister, Kathleen Edna (Fougere) Henne and a brother Alexander Roy Fougere. Surviving are: two sons, Harry Joseph (Charlotte) Gibbons of Dallas, TX and Jesse I. (Vickie) Adams III of Charlotte, NC; four daughters, Mary Eloise (Bill) Bland of Summerville, SC, Elizabeth Louise (Ray) Heape of Charlotte, NC, Cynthia Ann (Rick) Rathbun of Denver, CO, and Maggie (Mike Miller' fiancée) Alexander of Charleston, SC, 19 grandchildren, 18 great-grandchildren, 1 great-great-grandchild, a sister-in-law, Joan (Wood) Fougere, and numerous nieces and nephews. Please make memorial contributions to the Lymphoma non-Hodgkin's disease or the American Cancer Society at: 5900 Core Rd, Ste 504, N Charleston, South Carolina 29406. Phone: (843) 744-1922. "Mom: No matter where I may come to be, you'll always be standing right next to me." We love you and miss you. Your spirit is kind, thoughtful, gentle and caring. You've touched so many lives and left this world a more beautiful place. The relatives and friends of Margaret T. Adams are invited to attend her Memorial Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 AM, Monday, September 12, 2011 at St. Joseph Catholic Church, 1695 Wallenberg Ave. Charleston. The family will receive friends at a reception following the Mass in the Family Life Center at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Margaret's guest book may be signed online at www.jamesamcalister.com. Arrangements are by JAMES A. MCALISTER Funerals & Cremation, 1620 Savannah Hwy. Charleston, (843) 766-1365.