Franklin O'Neal Adams, 77 of Drayden, St. Mary's County, MD died March 18, 2010 at the St. Mary's Hospice House in Callaway, MD. Born October 24th 1932 in Drayden, MD, he was the son of the late Ernest T. Adams, Sr. and Mary Henrietta (Boothe) Adams.

He is survived by his sister Anne E. Goode of Maddox, MD, Gregory Adams of Valley Lee, MD, and his sister Joan Marie McCracken of Lincoln, CA.

He was preceded in death by his sister Jenny Cecelia Balta and his brothers Ernest T. Adams Jr. and Francis J. Adams.

A lifelong resident of Drayden, St. Mary's County, MD, Franklin's work took him to Patuxent River Naval Air Test Center where he worked as a water plant operator for the Public Works Department. Upon his retirement, he continued his lifelong ambition and real joy of life, farming, raising cattle and the joy of seeing things grow.

The family will receive friends on Tuesday, March 23, 2010 from 5:00 – 8:00PM in the Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, Leonardtown, MD where prayers will be said at 7:00 PM by Deacon George L'Heureux. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 9:30 AM at St. George Catholic Church with Msgr. Karl Chimiak officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery.

Contributions may be made to the Hospice House of St. Mary's, P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and/or St. George Catholic Church, P.O. Box 9, Valley Lee, MD 20692 and/or the Employee Incentive Fund of St. Mary's.

Arrangements provided by Mattingley-Gardiner Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.