ROBERT ADAMS, 86, OF VASS, PASSED PEACEFULLY AT THE FIRSTHEALTH HOSPICE HOUSE ON FRIDAY, JULY 5TH, 2024.
ROBERT, WHO WAS ALSO KNOWN AS COL BOB FROM HIS RADIO DAYS ON WIOZ, WAS BORN APRIL 12 1938 IN BRADFORD, PA. TO THE LATE LELAND OLIVER ADAMS AND MARGARET ELAINE HENRETTA ADAMS. THREE IMPORTANT PEOPLE IN HIS LIFE WERE ALEXANDER, SYDNEY AND MATTHEW LONG WHO HE SHARED LOVE AND EVENTS THROUGH THE YEARS.
FROM A VERY EARLY AGE IT WAS CLEAR THAT ALL SPORTS WOULD BE A MAJOR PART OF HIS LIFE. AFTER HIS HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION, ROBERT ATTENDED ALLEGHANY COLLEGE WHERE HE LED THE COLLEGE TO VICTORY IN VARIOUS SPORTS. HE WENT ON TO SEMI – PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL AND FOOTBALL. AFTER GRADUATING WITH A LIBERAL ARTS DEGREE, HE BEGAN BUILDING HOMES WITH HIS DAD IN NEW YORK UNDER THE NAME “ADAMS AND SONS”. ROBERT CONTINUED BUILDING HOMES IN MOORE COUNTY BUT ALSO HAD A CAREER WITH DELMAR INDUSTRIES OUTSIDE OF GEORGIA AND WAS ALSO A REALTOR FOR PINEWILD, A LOCAL MOORE COUNTY COMMUNITY
EVER THE ATHLETE, ROBERT ENJOYED HIKING AND LONG DISTANCE BICYCLE RIDING. HE COMPETED IN TENNIS, WRESTLING, PING PONG, FOOTBALL, GOLF AND CANOEING AND ALSO TAUGHT TENNIS TO LOCAL MOORE COUNTY RESIDENTS AND THEIR CHILDREN. ROBERT WAS INSRUMENTAL IN ESTABLISHING THE WOODLAKE TRIATHLON AND COMPETED YEARLY. HE WAS AN EXCELLENT MARKSMAN AND FREQUENTED MANY SHOOTING RANGES. ROBERT WON OVER 135 MEDALS AND TROPHIES IN SENIOR TRACK & FIELD, GOLF, TENNIS, TRIATHLON/DUATHLON, CANOE RACING AND CYCLING. HE QUALIFIED FOR THE NATIONAL SENIOR SUMMER OLYMPICS IN TUCSON, AZ. IN 1997, ORLANDO, FL IN 1999, THE SENIOR WINTER OLYMPICS IN LAKE PLACID, NY AS WELL AS MANY OTHER WORLD GAMES. HE HAS GONE ON TO TRAIN AND CONSULT WITH SEVERAL PROMINENT STRENGTH AND FITNESS PROFESSIONALS, NUTRITIONISTS, PERSONAL TRAINERS, SPORTS MEDICINE PRACTITIONERS AND PHYSICIANS.
ROBERT ENJOYED BEING INVOLVED WITH LOCAL COMMUNITY PROJECTS SUCH AS HELPING TO ESTABLISH CAMELOT PARK IN PINEHURST NC. ROBERT WAS AN EXTRA IN A NATALIE WOOD MOVIE FILMED IN PINEHURST AND PLAYED TENNIS WITH MANY TENNIS CELEBRITIES. HE ATTENED A KENNY ROGERS CONCERT IN MYRTLE BEACH WHERE HE GOT TO MEET KENNY. AT THAT CONCERT, KENNY WHO ANNOUNCED TO ALL THAT “BOB LOOKED MORE LIKE KENNY OF OLD THAN KENNY LOOKED LIKE NOW!”.
ROBERT WAS AN ANNOUNCER ON THE RADIO STATION WIOZ AS “COL BOB IN THE MORNING” WHICH WAS ENJOYED BY MANY MOORE COUNTY RESIDENTS. HE WAS A FREQUENT PART OF THE FAIRBARN EVENTS AND ACTED OFTEN AS EMCEE AS WELL AS EMCEEING EVENTS AT OTHER VENUES. HE WAS PART OF THE CAST FOR “OUR TOWN” WHICH WAS A SUNRISE THEATRE PRODUCTION.
UPON RETIREMENT HE UNCOVERED GIFTS HE WASNT AWARE HE HAD. HE LOVED WRITING AND ENTERED SOME OF HIS STORIES IN THE MOORE COUNTY SENIOR GAMES. HE DABBLED IN ART ONLY TO REALIZE HE WAS QUITE GIFTED! ARNOLD PALMER AND TALIE HIS GOLDEN RETRIEVER WERE JUST TWO OF HIS TREASURED ACCOMOLISHMENTS. HE WROTE THE EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGY INSTITUTE WHICH WAS UTILIZED BY MANY PERSONAL TRAINERS.
A PRIVATE CELEBRATION OF HIS LIFE WILL BE HELD AT A LATER DATE.
ONLINE CONDOLENCES MAY BE MADE AT WWW.BOLESFUNERALHOME.COM
SERVICES ARE ENTRUSTED TO BOLES FUNERAL HOME OF SOUTHERN PINES.
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