Martha Virginia "Ginger" Faulkner Adams was born April 13, 1937, in Russellville, Pope County, Arkansas.
Adams attended Arkansas Polytechnic College in Russellville for a year before transferring to the University of Arkansas in the fall of 1955. After graduating, she and her husband, J. Alan, moved to Indiana where she was a dietician at Purdue University until 1965. The couple then relocated to Annapolis, Maryland, where Adams sang with the New Renaissance Voices acapella musical group for twenty years.
Adams has performed piano duets with her husband for weddings and other events. She is the editor of his historical fiction novels, including Altered Boundaries and Better Together: Mile After Mile.
#1: Composite image of early photo of Ginger Faulkner Adams and still frame from Pryor Center video interview; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#2: Ginger Adams's maternal grandfather, James Madison Ball
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#3: Ginger Adams's maternal grandmother, Eleanor Elizabeth Poe Ball
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#4: Wedding portrait of Ginger Adams's paternal grandparents, James Clifford "J. C." and Martha Elizabeth Wilson Faulkner
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#5: Ginger Adams's father, William Joseph "Joe" Faulkner, at one year old, 1897
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#6: Ginger Adams's father, Joe Faulkner, as a child with his parents, J. C. and Martha Faulkner
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#7: Ginger Adam's grandfather, James Madison Ball (5th from left), owner of Russellville Iron Works, with Mr. Saurman (to his left) and others
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#8: Ginger Adams's mother, Norma Lucille Ball, age 6, 1903
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#9: J.C. Faulkner Jewelry & Confectionary, Russellville, Arkansas, 1905
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#10: Image of the rubble the morning after the great fire that destroyed most of two blocks in the business section of Russellville, including J.C. Faulkner Jewelry & Confectionary, January 16, 1906
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#11: Postcard of Pontoon Bridge, Russellville, Arkansas, 1909
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#12: Ginger Adams's grandfather, J. C. Faulkner (left) in front of J.C. Faulkner jewelry and watch repairing store, Commerce St., Russellville, Arkansas, 1909
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#13: Ginger Adams's father, Joe Faulkner, with his parents, J.C. and Martha "Mattie" Faulkner, 1912
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#14: Commerce Street, Russellville, Arkansas
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#15: J.C. Faulkner and Son jewelry and gift shop, ca. 1916
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#16: Ginger Adams's father, Joe Faulkner, in the US Army during World War I, Dublin, Ireland, 1918
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#17: Ginger Adam's mother, Norma Lucille Ball, in her graduation portrait from Central College, Conway, Arkansas
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#18: Ginger Adams's mother, Norma Lucille Ball, 1924
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#19: Ginger Adams's father, William Joseph "Joe" Faulkner, 1924
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#20: Ginger Adams's father, Joe Faulkner, with the first radio he built, Russellville, Arkansas, 1932
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#21: Ginger Faulkner (Adams) ca. 1937
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#22: Ginger Faulkner (Adams) at six years old, 1943
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#23: Ginger Adams's father, Joe Faulkner
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#24: Ginger Adams's mother, Norma Lucille Ball Faulkner
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#25: Ginger Faulkner (Adams) and Alan Adams at a Zeta Tau Alpha dance; Fayetteville; Arkansas; 1956
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#26: Ginger Faulkner (Adams) with Zeta Tau Alpha sisters: (from left) Sally Cravens, Linda Goodwin, Ruthie Jolly, Ginger Adams, Diane Mashburn, and Joy Stewart; University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, 1957
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#27: Ginger Faulkner (Adams) in her engagement photo, 1958
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#28: Ginger Faulkner (Adams) at a senior style show in a dress she created, 1958
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#29: Ginger Adams in her wedding gown, 1958
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#30: Ginger and Alan Adams at their wedding with (bridesmaids from left) Diane Mashburn, Sally Cravens, Joy Stewart, Janet Adams, Linda Goodwin, and Jo Faulkner James; (groomsmen from left) Ray Adams, Billy Rye, Hayden McIlroy Jr., Palmer Terrill, Charles Sterwart, George Cole, (in front) Cheryl Adams, and Cindy James; 1958
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#31: Ginger and Alan Adams's children, David, Stephanie Lynne, and Alan Ray Faulkner, 1973
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#32: Ginger Adams (2nd from left) with her children, Lynne, Alan Ray, and David; father, Joe Faulkner; and sister, Josephine; Historic Bell First Baptist Church, Russellville, Arkansas, 1983
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#33: Ginger and Alan Adams with their children, David, Lynne, and Alan Ray
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#34: Ginger Adams's daughter and son-in-law, Stephanie Lynne and Darin Deeder, at their wedding, November 4, 1989
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#35: David and Naomi Adams at their wedding in Japan, 1993
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#36: Alan Ray and Sheetal Parikh Adams at their wedding, Bombay, India, March 23, 2002
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#37: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Ginger Faulkner Adams; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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#38: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Ginger Faulkner Adams; Fayetteville, Arkansas, 2018
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