MCADAMS

Published on Wednesday, July 1, 2009 9:15 AM CDT

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Irwin Bernard McAdams Jr., 74, beloved husband of Sylvia Guedry McAdams of 54 years, went to be with the Lord on Friday, June 26, 2009. He is survived by his three children, Mark S. McAdams Sr., Melanie Bailey and Michelle Martufi; grandchildren, Mark McAdams Jr., Elizabeth Kaplan, Jeffrey McAdams, Brandon McAdams, Taylor Bailey, Sarah McAdams and Madeleine Martufi; and one great-grandchild, Luke McAdams. He is also survived by his sister, Susan Robinson.

He was the son of the late Irwin McAdams Sr. and Bernice Myers McAdams.

Irwin was a lay minister and a great student of the Word of God. He helped so many with God’s gifts of wisdom and faith. He will be so sadly missed by his family and those who sat under his teaching ministry.

He was a graduate of St. Aloysius High School and LSU. He graduated from Syracuse University as a Russian language specialist with honors. He was deployed by the U.S. Air Force, to Darmstadt, Germany, during the Korean War. He was an international courier later in his life and circled the world over 50 times.

Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral service at 11 a.m. Thursday at Church of Faith, 61305 Airport Drive, Slidell. Visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until service time. Interment will follow in Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi, Miss., at 2:30 pm.

Arrangements by Bagnell & Son Funeral Home of Covington.

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