November 10, 2021
Dr. Ken R. Adcock passed away on Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at a health care facility due to complications from a stroke. He was 80 years old. He was an active member of First United
Methodist Church in Cleveland, TN and member of the St. Andrews Sunday School class.
Dr. Adcock was born in Smithville, TN and graduated from Dekalb County High School. He attained an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Tennessee Tech University located in Cookeville, TN. He later attained an MBA from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville.
He had a diverse career in private industry, which consisted of Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, TN, Bowater Paper Company in Calhoun TN, and AGC Corporation in Cleveland, TN. He was especially proud of AGC Corporation, a software development company located in Cleveland, TN where he was co-founder and President. AGC developed and sold software that managed the back-office functions of churches with their signature product being United Methodist Information System (UMIS). He later entered academia by joining Cleveland State Community College (CSCC) as a full-time faculty member where he achieved the rank of full Professor while teaching business administration and computer science classes. He always said his time at CSCC were the best years of his career. He cherished his time with the students, faculty, and staff.
Dr. Adcock was a devoted husband and father. His favorite hobbies were restoring and building classic cars and reading. He enjoyed attending car shows with his best friends who remember him for his loud laugh. He was preceded in death by his parents, Clifford and Frances Adcock, and his brother, Wayne Adcock.
He is survived by his beloved wife of 57 years, Charlotte Robinson Adcock and two sons and their wives, Ken R. Adcock, Jr. and Walailux, Jonathan Wayne Adcock and Mary. This includes his grandchildren, Andrew Adcock, son of Ken and Walailux Adcock, Rebekah Adcock, daughter of Jonathan Adcock, Mackenzie Savage, step-daughter of Jonathan and Mary Adcock, and great grandson, Kayden. In addition, he is survived by sister-in-law Judy Adcock and nieces Amelia Melton and Valerie Boothe as well as many relatives.
On Wednesday, November 10, 2021, a Celebration of Life service will be held at First United Methodist Church in Cleveland, TN and officiated by Reverend Curtis McKee. The family will receive friends from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM with the service to take place immediately thereafter. The family requests everyone to wear masks when indoors.
Interment will be at DeKalb County Memorial Gardens in Smithville, TN on Thursday, Nov. 11 with the burial service to begin at 11:00 AM CST where he will be buried near his parents, brother, and other relatives. All friends and relatives are welcomed to attend.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials be made to First United Methodist Church at 25
Ocoee Street North, Cleveland, TN 37312 or Cleveland State Community College Foundation, 3535 Adkisson Dr., Cleveland, TN 37320. Arrangements are by Companion Funeral Home in
Cleveland, TN.
Honorary pallbearers are the St. Andrew’s Sunday School Class. Pallbearers are Gary Wilson, Mike Weeks, Lewis Capehart, Rodney Haun, Stacy Greene, and Scott Ford.
The family extends their gratitude to the staff and caregivers at Life Care Center of Cleveland and Hearth Hospice.
This information provided as a courtesy of DeKalb Funeral Chapel.