Death of Herman Adams particular loss for area veterans

YOUNGSTOWN

With the death of Herman R. Adams, the Youngstown community lost a patriot and strong voice for veterans, particularly black veterans from his generation who didn’t get the recognition they deserved.

The Veterans Day and Memorial Day programs he organized for VFW Donald Lockett Post 6488 featured a member of the Tuskegee Airmen and topics including Montford Point, N.C., where black recruits received segregated basic training from 1942 to 1949.

Adams, 86, a World War II Army veteran, died Dec. 22. His funeral service is at 11 a.m. Saturday in Tabernacle Baptist Church, 707 Arlington St., where friends may call from 10 to 11 a.m. Arrangements are being handled by F.D. Mason Memorial Funeral Home.

“Herman was like a brother,” said Lock P. Beachum Sr., who was a principal at North and East high schools.

Read more about Adams an reaction from community leaders in Thursay's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.