Charles K. Adams, 84, died Thursday, March 5, 2015. Born in Newport News, he was a lifelong Peninsula resident and member of First Presbyterian Church. He served in the US Army and then joined the Virginia Army National Guard, retiring with the rank of LTC in 1975 after 26 years of service. He was the owner and operator of Tice's Locksmith for 32 years. He was a member and Past Master of Army & Navy Lodge #306, a member of Poquoson Lodge #49 and Monitor Lodge #197 and a past District Deputy Grand Master, District 14A. He enjoyed hunting, camping and cooking, but most of all loved his family. He was a wonderful husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather. Preceded in death by his parents Mildred and Stephen Adams and a brother Roy E. Adams; survivors include his wife of 64 years Hazel N. Adams; his children William G. Adams and his wife Barbara of Chesapeake, Penny A. Gilliland and her husband Robert, and Kathleen A. Faron and her husband Mark, all of Hampton; his "adopted" daughter, Louise Lacks of Hampton; eight grandchildren; eleven great-grandchildren with another one on the way; a brother, Stephen S. Adams, Jr. and his wife, Margie of Ahoskie, NC; and a sister, Barbara Dinwiddie of Mathews. A funeral service will be conducted at 2:00 PM, Monday, March 9, 2015 at First Presbyterian Church by Dr. Cynthia Rosser-Higgins. Interment will follow in Parklawn Memorial Park. The family will receive friends from 7-8PM Sunday at R. Hayden Smith Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the Masonic Home of Virginia, 4101 9 Mile Road, Richmond, VA 23223.