ROCKY MOUNT - Alton "Gordon" McAdams, age 88, passed away June 26, 2023. Born in Edgecombe County on September 19, 1934, he was the son of the late John R. McAdams and Viola Dail McAdams. He was also preceded in death by his wife of 57 years, Martha Gaskil Becknell McAdams; his son, Gordon Rankin McAdams; his son-in-law, Michael "Mike" Woodard Cobb; his sister, Mary Ellen Braswell; and his brothers, John McAdams and Howard McAdams.

Gordon is survived by his daughters, Mary Lynne Weaver and husband, Todd, and Elizabeth Cobb; four grandchildren; six great-grandchildren, one niece; one nephew.

A graveside service will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Pineview Cemetery. The family will be available to receive friends and relatives immediately following the graveside service.

Flowers are welcome or memorials may be made in Gordon's memory to Nash UNC Health Care Hospice & Palliative Care, 2460 Curtis Ellis Drive, Rocky Mount, NC 27804.