ESSIE MARIE ADAMS, age 83, a lifetime resident of Irving, Texas, died Saturday, August 18, 2007 at an Irving nursing center. Born September 19, 1923 in Dallas, Texas to Loyie B. Evans and Mary M. Hampton Evans, she married Theodore Tinsley Adams on March 31, 1945 in Irving at the First Baptist Church where she has been a lifelong member. Essie was a graduate of Irving High School, class of 1940, where she lettered in varsity basketball. She was employed by General Telephone as a switchboard operator; Sears, Roebuck & Company as a typist; the Irving Independent School District, where she helped establish the John R. Good Elementary Library; and a secretary for her husbands family business, Adams Plumbing. Preceded in death by her parents, three brothers and brother-in-law, Lynn Conner, she is survived by her husband, Theodore Adams; children, Donna Mosty and husband Lee, Brenda Elston and husband Robin and David Adams and wife Susan, all of Irving; grandchildren, Tony Mosty and wife Laurin, Anna Marie Richardson and husband Kerry, Nicholas Mosty and wife Julie, Aaron Mosty and wife Jennifer, Stacey Paugh, Lindsay Askins and husband Dustin, Trevor Elston, Jennifer Adams, Drew Adams and wife Deanna and Brett Adams; great grandchildren, twins, Caleb and Emily Mosty, Amelie Paugh, and Kelsie Marie Richardson, who is on the way; brothers and sisters, Loyie Evans and wife Lorene of Irving, Dorothy Koepf and husband Gene of Gun Barrel City, Clifford Evans and wife Helen and Ruth Conner, all of Irving, and Don Evans and wife Freda of Canton; as well as numerous nieces and nephews. A visitation will be held 6 to 8 p.m., Tuesday at Donnellys Colonial Funeral Home. Service 2 p.m., Wednesday, August 22, 2007 at the First Baptist Church of Irving. Pastor John Durham officiating. Interment is scheduled for a later date at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to First Baptist Church of Irving Preschool Fund, 403 South Main Street, Irving, Texas 75060