NANELLE SMITH ADAMS, 89, of Lutz, FL, passed into the secure and loving arms of her God and Savior on August 26, 2022. She was a widely loved and gracious lady. She served in the Ladies’ Bible Study Fellowship for decades and wrote a children’s Sunday School curriculum that has been circulated to three continents and translated into four languages. She was a faithful Mom and our Grandy and a godly friend to countless folks. She was a member of Idlewild Baptist Church.
She supported a number of Christian ministries and loved hosting pastors and missionaries in her home.
She was born December 17, 1932 in Clinton, Iowa and grew up in Griffin, GA and Atlanta. She attended the University of Georgia.
She was predeceased by her first husband, James O. Smith, Jr., her firstborn, George W. Smith, and her second husband, Harry J. Adams. She is survived by her children, James O. Smith (Kathleen, now deceased), Kathy Williams (Rich), and Jeffrey Smith (Pauline), and many grandchildren and great-grandchildren.