McMinnville resident and Warren County native Earl Thomas Adams, 70, was born March 15, 1944 and died Aug. 8 at River Park Hospital following an extended illness. A retired employee of Commercial Painting, Inc. in Nashville and member of the Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Lonnie and Ozelle McCormick Adams. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by brother, Bryson Adams and sister, Evelyn Harville.