Biography: Mary Jane See Adamson, age 78, died November 2, 2015, following a long journey with multiple myeloma. She was born in Little Rock, AR, the daughter of Jack F. See, Sr., & Esther Kirby See. Not long after her birth, the family moved to Memphis, TN and then to Marianna, AR where she spent most of her childhood and teenage years. She was a member of the ?starting 6? on the Marianna Porcupines girls basketball team, was homecoming queen for the 1953 football homecoming game, and was the valedictorian of her senior class. She graduated with an English degree from the University of Arkansas, was a member of Chi Omega sorority, and was awarded membership in Phi Beta Kappa national honor society following her junior year. Following graduation she taught public school in the Memphis, TN, and Little Rock, AR school systems. She married in 1959, and lived most of the rest of her life in Little Rock. In addition to teaching in the public school system, she was a member and taught Sunday School at Westover Hills Presbyterian Church, and later joined Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church where she was on the Television Ministry (secretary) and a member of the Circle of Hope and Christ Care Ministries. She served as President of the Hall High School PTA, was a board member at the Florence Crittenden Home and the Little Rock Racquet Club, was a volunteer at the University of Arkansas Medical Center, and worked at New Traditions, a women?s clothing establishment. In the Fall of 1970, she learned she had monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance, which is the precursor to multiple myeloma. There was no treatment for MGUS, only the knowledge that at some unpredictable time MGUS would progress into a more devastating disease. Knowledge of her diagnosis was followed by a brief period of fear & concern, dominated by questions of when she would develop full-blown myeloma, but then her buoyant, confident, and positive outlook resumed control, and allowed her to live fearlessly for 38 years before her MGUS progressed to myeloma. On learning she had high, high-risk MM, she did not falter in any way from the positive outlook that she had evidenced throughout her life. And her positive attitude persisted to an even greater level despite the difficulties from multiple therapeutic regimens, even though she never achieved remission from her disease. She is survived by her husband of 56 years, Dr. James S. Adamson, Jr., and her 3 children, in whom she engendered strength of character, love of education, desire to achieve, and respect for one?s fellow person, while they returned to her unrestricted love, joy, support, comfort, and reason for living: Leslie Claire Sogandares (Frank) of Reston, VA; James S. Adamson, III, of Little Rock; and Jane Paige Westbrook (Phil) of Birmingham, AL. She is also survived by 3 grandchildren whom she loved unequivocally, and whom she hoped so much to see reach adulthood: James McAlister Sogandares and Jane Paige Sogandares of Reston, and Riley Elizabeth Westbrook, of Birmingham. She is also survived by her devoted brother & sister-in-law, Jack F. See, Jr., and Judy Park See, of Little Rock, and their family; and Dr. Adamson?s sister, Jo Claire Pulliam and husband Jim Pulliam of Heber Springs, AR. Jane was a bright, thoughtful, intuitive person, who almost always put her mind in gear before opening her mouth except at Razorback athletic events. But her most beautiful traits were her positive mindset, and her genuine love of people; these two qualities were noted by almost all whom she encountered, particularly during the last 3 years. She developed, and maintained until the end, the friendships she had with people from her time in Marianna, her Chi Omega ?sisters?; her Racquet Club tennis group; her New Traditions ?girls?; the women of her Pulaski Heights Methodist Church Christ Care Group; wives & mates of her husband?s colleagues in the military, at UAMS, at Baptist Medical Center, at Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, and members of a travel group she met through the American College of Physicians; and several special, special others with whom she shared joyful dinners and discussions, Razorback games, adventurous trips, and sunsets on Lake Ouachita. So many of these friends provided unfaltering emotional support during these last three years. The family would like to thank the nurses, APNs and staff at UAMS Infusion 4, those on the 7th & 4th floors of the hospital, and those on 8th floor of the Winthrop Rockefeller Cancer Institute, who were so kind and considerate during her many treatment visits. A special acknowledgement of thanks to Nadine Baxter, APN, for her special attention and help in times of urgency; Drs. Mary Burgess & Juan Carlos Rico for their expertise in infectious disease and their compassionate attention; Dr. Bart Barlogie for his diligent attempts to find a therapy to combat her disease; Dr. Joe Beck for giving us guidance when it was sorely needed; and Dr. Gareth Morgan, who had the unenviable task of developing a treatment approach late in her disease when so many other regimens had failed to induce a remission. In lieu of flowers, Jane asked that memorials be made to the Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church Television Ministry, 4823 Woodlawn, Little Rock, AR, 72205, or to UAMS Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy, 4301 W. Markham, Little Rock, AR, 72205. Funeral will be Friday, November 6, at 11:00, at Pulaski Heights Methodist Church, 4823 Woodlawn, Little Rock, under the direction of Rev. Jeff Hampton, with burial service to follow at Roselawn Cemetery in Little Rock. The family will receive friends at Ruebel Funeral Home, 6313 W. Markham, on Thursday, November 5, from 4-6:00 p.m. Arrangements are under the direction of Ruebel Funeral Home, www.ruebelfuneralhome.com