Katie Francis Adams Goines

October 17, 1934 - October 12, 2019

Katie Francis Kennedy Adams Goines, 84 transitioned on Saturday, October 12, 2019. She was born on October 17, 1934 in Camden Alabama. She was the 3rd daughter of 13 children of the late Sam and Ruth Kennedy. She was educated at Camden Academy and after high school relocated to Massachusetts. In 1958 she married the late Joe Nathan Adams. Katie was employed and retired from the General Electric Corporation after 23 years. While residing in Pittsfield she was a loyal member of Second Congregation Church, proudly serving as a member of the choir and as a trustee, also serving on numerous committees including the Annual Martin Luther King Day service. Katie was an active member of the local Pittsfield branch of the NAACP. In 1996 she married the late Oliver Goines and moved to Charlotte, NC. Shortly after she joined the New St. John Missionary Baptist Church. Katie was continuously involved in spearheading the Kennedy family reunion committee for over forty years. Katie’s life and influence was a blessing to all that knew her. Be it a kind word, stern advice or a whopping, God used her to help shape and keep his children. Her loving spirit will live on through all those she has touched. Katie was preceded in death by her husband, Oliver, brothers James, Wazell, Ernest, Sam (Emma) Leon, David (Arlene) and Wayne and sisters Nancy, Adele and Sallye. She is survived by sisters Ruth McIntosh of AL and sister Magdalene and brother-in-law Len Patton of AL, her loving children, son Gary, daughter-in-law Susan of VA and daughter Glenda whom she made her home with in Charlotte, granddaughter Raegan and great grandson Desmond of MD, grandson Shea of MA, and a host of loving cousins, nieces, nephews, relatives and dear friends. She fought the good fight, she finished her course, she never lost her faith, now she can rest.