A private memorial service for Eldean “Shorty” Ray Adams, 52, will be held by family members in Mountain View.

He died Sunday, July 28, 2019, east of Clinton.

Adams was born Nov. 12, 1966, to Eldon and Mary Frances (Wilson) Adams in Clinton. He was raised in the Mountain View and Cowden areas.

He was employed as an auto body man and mechanic most of his working career, and worked for Mike’s Auto Body Shop in Weatherford and Todd Stehr’s Body Shop in Clinton.

The past several years he had made homes in Weatherford, Clinton and Mountain View.

He attended the First Mennonite Church and his hobbies were working on cars and building race cars.

Adams was preceded in death by his parents.

Survivors include a daughter, Sarah Jo Adams of Oklahoma; two sisters, Bobby Clark and husband Melvin, and Pam Hooper and husband Tony Law, all of Mountain View; three brothers, Lester Eugene Adams of Fort Worth, Texas, Danny Gale Adams of Weatherford, and Troy Dean Adams and wife Felicia of Shawnee; and many nieces and nephews.