Obituaries
5-9-03
Longview News-Journal


Jane Noble Adams 

Jane Noble Adams, long time physical education instructor and coach 
at Longview High School, died Tuesday in Dallas. She was 76. Born in 
Newellton, La., on Oct 10, 1926, she came by her familiar nickname 
of "Bug" early. Her father, Dr. William Davis Noble, said she was 
"cute as a bug," a description that remained with her the rest of 
her life. 

A voracious reader of the sports section and devoted fan of the 
Longview Lobos, Dallas Cowboys, Houston Oilers and Astros as well as 
her alma mater, LSU, Bug could talk with authority on any of those 
subjects, and did so without hesitation. 

Life of the party and feisty, with a quick tongue, she was never 
judgmental unless you needed to hear it. 

Still, she always thought of others first and was the last to leave 
when help was needed. 

Bug's closes friends were of all ages and came from all walks of 
life. But her legion of admirers stem mostly from the years she 
spent teaching and coaching at Longview, from 1947 until she retired 
in 1983. 

From that point in her long and interesting life, she devoted 
herself almost entirely to her family, which she loved above all 
else, living in Houston until 1997, when she moved to Dallas. 
She was preceded in death by her daughter, Jenny Adams Crain; a 
brother, William Davis Noble Jr.; a sister, Caroline Noble Shields; 
father, Dr. William Davis Noble and mother, Jenny Lynch Noble; and 
Joseph Scippio Adams, father of their three children. 

She is survived by daughter Jane Adams Butler and her husband, Zane 
Ryan Butter; son William Noble Adams and his wife, Breece Wells 
Adams; and son-in-law Bluford Walter Crain. Her grandchildren are 
Bluford Walter Crain IV, Jane Lynch Crain, Zane Ryan Butter Jr., 
William Adams Butter, Joe Wells Adams, William Noble Adams Jr. and