In Loving Memory of Pheader Colette Adams-Groce

Pheader Colette Adams was born September 5, 1972, to Norma Adams & William Adams Jr., in Fort Wayne, Indiana. She departed this life on Saturday, October 4, 2025, at home.

Pheader “Pokey” accepted our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ at an early age at Antioch Baptist Church. As her spiritual walk deepened, she later moved her membership to Greater Faith Baptist Church, where she faithfully served under the leadership of Pastor Burton.

She leaves many to cherish her memory: her devoted husband, Douglas Noel Groce; her beloved daughters, Tiasha Shambre Shante Brown and Ajalon Noel Groce; a host of angel babies; two cherished grandsons, Robert T. Fields III and Ryder T. Fields; her loving parents, Norma and William Adams; her dear sister, Carla Montgomery; her brothers, Darrie Hinton, Harvey Stewart Jr. (Ruby), and William Farley; her mother-in-law, Toni Walker; her sister-in-law, Devon Ross; a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, extended family, and treasured friends. She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Annie Bell Farley; her great-grandmother, Ivie Lee Farley; her grandfather, William Adams Jr.; her grandmother, Mabel Adams (Brown); her uncle, Sam Farley; her aunts, Freddie James and Shirley Hinton-Trig; and her brothers, Derrick Hinton and Marvin Hinton.