Colonel (ret) Dwight L. Adams, age 85, of Brookings died Tuesday, December 18, 2007, at the Brookings Hospital. Funeral Services will be 1:30 P.M. Friday, December 21, 2007, at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church in Brookings. Interment will be at First Lutheran Cemetery with military gravesite rites by the South Dakota National Guard Funeral Honors Team. Visitations will be from 4-7 P.M Thursday at Eidsness Funeral Home in Brookings. Memorials should be designated for the Brookings Hospital. Dwight Lee Adams was born July 22, 1922 in Boon, North Carolina to Frank C. and Gertrude (Tester) Adams. He graduated from Virginia High School in 1939, Infantry School 1942, Officers Advanced Course 1959, and received a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration at the University of Georgia in 1959. Dwight served in the United States Army for 35 years, retiring in November of 1973. He married Nevorah June Wilson on October 1, 1945 in Ft. Benning, Georgia. They moved to Brookings with three sons in 1965 from Patch Barracks, Germany. Dwight served his country in World War II, a young Major, and received many citations, including the Purple Heart, British Silver Cross, Silver Star, and Gold Star. He continued to fight for American freedom in Korea and was military commander at a base in Vietnam. He served as the ARMY R.O.T.C commander at SDSU from 1965 until his retirement in 1973, with the one year absence during Vietnam service. He was awarded Professor Emeritus from SDSU, one of the few in the nations military to do so. Dwight loved Brookings and South Dakota. He was very active in coordinating the first boys intramural basketball program in Brookings in the mid sixties. Hunting,fishing, and sports became his favorite past times when not involved with the activities of family. His love for Jesus Christ was reflected both in his way of life and his involvement at Mt. Calvary Lutheran Church as an active member since 1965. After his Army retirement, Col. Adams was routinely involved in political management efforts that included, Leo Thorsness, Governor George Mickelson, Gov. Bill Janklow, Senator Robert Dole, and Senator John Thune. Dwight will be greatly missed by his wife, Nevorah Adams, of Brookings, three sons: Gregory (Christel)Adams of Brownsville, Texas, Jeffrey (Joanne) Adams of Clinton, South Carolina, and Eric (Julie) Adams of Fargo, North Dakota, and his brother Ralph Adams of Marion, Virginia. Dwight and Nevorah also have nine grand children and five great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Kathryn, and brothers Jim and John.