Mrs. Adams served the Dallas community for over forty years as a teacher, Higher Education Board Member, and philanthropist. She attended public schools in Wheelock and Bryan, Texas; graduated from Bishop College and earned a master’s degree from Prairie View A&M University. Mrs. Adams taught elementary school in Hearne and Bryan, Texas, later moving to Dallas where she taught for 27 years in the Dallas ISD. Following retirement, she served as member of the Bishop College Board of Trustees and was instrumental in helping raise over $12 million to provide scholarships to students. She authored the published history book, "Remembering Negro Life in Wheelock, Texas: Churches, Schools, Cemetery, Families in the 1900s.