Mrs. Ruby B. Tinney Adams, age 91, of Trion, passed away Sunday, July 06, 

2014 at the Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Mrs. Adams was born 

in Jackson County, Alabama on January 1, 1923, daughter of the late Rupert 

Coffey and Esther Alexander Coffey.  She was a member of the Pleasant Grove 

Church of Christ and was a homemaker.  Mrs. Adams was preceded in death by 

her first husband, Dwight Martin Tinney, Sr.; second husband, Governor 

Samuel “Bo” Adams; grandson, James Adams; brothers, James Coffey and 

Rupert Coffey; sisters, Gladys White, Johnnie Burrid, Julima Delaneyand Mary Ruth 

Sisk; and a brother-m-law, David Pedigo.
 
Mrs. Adams is survived by her sons and daughters-in-law, Dwight and Mary Tinney, 

Raymond and Shelia Adams and Raynard and DJ Adams; daughter, Gail Pedigo; 

grandchildren, Billy Adams, Krysta Adams, Brianna Adams, Kayla Godfrey, Jamie 

Crowder and Cindy Shurrock; great grandchildren, Brody Adams, Katie Taylor, 

Kerrie Taylor, Nikkie Crowder and Matthew Crowder; 3 great great grandchildren; 

and a number of nieces and nephews.
 
Funeral Services for Mrs. Adams will be held Thursday, July 10, 2014 at 1:00 P.M. 

in the Petitt Chapel of the Coffman Funeral Home with Minister Hugh Glaze 

officiating.  Interment will follow in the Howell Cemetery.
 
Pallbearers will be Dennis Murdock, Billy Adams, Azell Burrows, and Michael Delaney.  

Honorary Pallbearers will be the staff of Oak View Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
 
Mrs. Adams will be in state at the Coffman Funeral Home and the family will receive 

friends Wednesday evening from 6 until 9 P.M.
 
Coffman Funeral Home is honored to be serving the family of Mrs. Ruby B. Tinney Adams.