Lloyd "Big Hogg" Adams

LLOYD “BIG HOGG” ADAMS, 67, OF 185 JONES ROAD, HARRISBURG, IL DIED SATURDAY MARCH 5, 2011 AT 9:05 PM AT HIS RESIDENCE. MEMORIAL SERVICE FOR CREMATED REMAINS WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY MARCH 9, 2011 AT 7 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. VISITATION WILL BE HELD WEDNESDAY FROM 5 TO 7 PM. MEMORIALS IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MAY BE MADE TO THE VNA HOSPICE. ENVELOPES WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE FUNERAL HOME. HE WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 18, 1944 IN HARRISBURG, IL TO CLARENCE & SHIRLEY (HOLMES) ADAMS. HE MARRIED DEE PARKS IN 1999 AND SHE SURVIVES. HE WAS RETIRED FROM THE SAHARA COAL MINE WHERE HE WORKED FOR MANY YEARS. HE WAS VERY ACTIVE IN THE PROGRESSIVE COAL MINERS OF AMERICA UNION FOR MANY YEARS, SERVING AS A UNION CHIEF FOR SOME TIME. HE LOVED SPORTS, PARTICIPATING FOR MANY YEARS AS A REFEREE IN BASKETBALL WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION, HE LOVED BASEBALL AND SOFTBALL WHERE HE STILL PLAYED COMPETTIVELY WELL INTO HIS FIFTYS. HE WAS ALSO AN AVID POOL PLAYER; HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE AMATEUR POOLPLAYERS OF AMERICA, AND THE VALLEY NATIONAL EIGHT BALL ASSOCIATION. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE: DEE ADAMS OF HARRISBURG, IL; HIS PARENTS: CLARENCE & SHIRLEY ADAMS OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 DAUGHTERS: TINA SMITH OF MT. CARMEL, IL AND JULIE ADAMS OF CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO; 3 STEPDAUGHTERS: LYNN TURLEY, KELLI FERGUS, AND ROBIN JOHNSON: BROTHER: DAVID ADAMS OF SPARTA, IL; SISTER: DEBBIE CARRIGAN OF CARRIER MILLS, IL; 2 GRANDCHILDREN: KESHA BATES AND JAYDEN DITTERLINE; 3 STEPGRANDCHILDREN: ROSS SIMMONS, COLTON JOHNSON AND BAILEY JOHNSON; 2 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN: LYDIA BATES AND AUDREY BATES; AND A STEP GREAT GRANDCHILD: MICAH SIMMONS. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY A SISTER: REBECCA ADAMS.