“To Be Absent From The Body Is To Be Present With The Lord”

D’Moné D. Adams was born on February 26, 1999, to Sotera Cole and Donald Adams at 7lbs 9oz and 21 ½ inches with a head full of hair. From the age of 5 he had an interest and love for football and basketball. At age 6 he started playing Tiny Tots Basketball and then Traveling West Football. At the age of 13 he was a key player on Team First. In middle school he wrestled for Roswell Kent. After that he continued football as a running back for Garfield all four years where he graduated class of 2018.

D’Moné was funny, ambitious, outgoing, courageous, loving, and caring. He had an infectious laugh and a smile that would light up a room. His first job was at Rockynol Nursing Home. He had a compassionate heart. He had a passion for music that started with him and his brother NuNu making beats on the door, freestyling. He soon became a father for the first time on January 31, 2023 to Zadaya Adams and then May 30, 2024 to Samour Adams. He truly loved being a father. He met his best friend who was like a brother, Demetrius Whitehead in 2011. D’Moné used to rap Rod Wave in the shower, running up his mother's water bill. He used to sing Chris Brown songs and couldn’t sing worth nothing.

D’Moné was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Claudine Coates, Humberto Cole, paternal grandparents, Phyllis Cooper-Lyons, Donald Adams Sr.; cousin, Imani Coates.

He leaves to cherish his loving memory, his parents, Sotera Cole and Donald Adams; children, Zadaya and Samour Adams; siblings, Alayshia Calhoun, Phyllis Murphy, Miracle Brown, Michael (Jasmine) Calhoun, Dazzmond Adams, Dazzell Adams, Demetrius Whitehead, Jabari Brown, Jordan Randolph, Antoine Watson, LaChaunta Maxwell; aunts and uncles, Tana Coates, Kiesha Brown, Pedro Coates, Maurice Coates, Anthony Coates, Courtney King, James Brown; nieces and nephews, Ti’Mari Vinson, Amina Murphy, Anthony Hill, Davier Adams, Dragon Adams, Zi’ayre Johnson; godmother, Brandy Brown; girlfriend, Mayea Bruster, and special friend, Indiya Nosayaba.

The family of D’Moné humbly ask for continued prayer during this most difficult time, he will forever be deeply missed.