Obituary: Gigi Adams

Shirley “Gigi” Hicks Adams, 80, wife of retired South Carolina Baptist pastor William “Bill” C. Adams, died Sept. 28, 2015.

Born in Kings Mountain, N.C., she attended Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and taught elementary school for 20 years. She and her husband served several churches in North Carolina as well as Gilead Baptist Church in Jonesville and Northbrook Baptist Church in Spartanburg. They then continued their ministry at First Baptist Church in Spartanburg.

A writer, she had several of her poems published during her lifetime.

In addition to her husband, she is survived by four children and five grandchildren.