Obituary of Lucie Ann Barton Adger

FORT WORTH -- Lucie passed away on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2016. She was born on July 10th, 1935 in Nocona, Texas to Dan and Marie Barton. There will be a private memorial service for Lucie in Gainesville, Texas. In lieu of flowers, donations to the American Cancer Society. Lucie took great pride in her heritage of being a 5th generation Texan. Lucie was a wife, mother, grandmother, poet, artist, dancer, filling up any room she entered. Lucie grew up in Coleman and Gainesville. In 1948 she moved to Snyder where she graduated from High School. She attended TCU and Texas Tech before she met and married John H. Adger, Jr. Together they were dance instructors at Arthur Murrays. They moved to Coshocton, Ohio and opened a gift shop in restored Roscoe Village. Lucie was active with the Footlight Players Theater, as a director, producer, choreographer and actor. The family returned to Texas in 1981 where she became a Realtor and cancer survivor. Survivors: Daughters; Gigi Adger-Haynes and husband Eric, Adrion Ramsey and husband James, and Laura Adger-Barton and husband Robby. Grandsons, Jacob, Daniel and Liam; sister Danna and her husband Dr. Robert Russell, and their children Robert, Shannon, Tamera and Shawn, their Aunt Lu, a free spirit. She will be sadly missed by all. Martin Thompson & Son Funeral Home Fort Worth, 817-292-2250