With great sadness we share the news that on November 7th, 2024, Ryan James Adams returned to his heavenly home. Ryan was born on September 24, 1981, in Monticello, Utah and is the youngest son of Keven Ray and Laura Quigley Adams.
He attended schools in Payson, Utah and graduated from Payson High School. He was involved in marching band, drum line, Payson Pipe Band, and drama. As a child Ryan always wanted to know how things worked. This helped him in his profession working with computers. He was always on-call to help his dad with any computer issues.
He is the father of three sons: Jesse James, Daven Marcell, and Eli Ryan Adams. He loved spending time watching movies or playing video games with them. He also loved to listen to them play their musical instruments.
Ryan is survived by his sons, his parents, and his siblings: Jared Ray (Holly) Adams, Timothy Michael (Amanda) Adams, and Jamey Lee (Chris) Hicken.
Over the last several years, Ryan struggled with mental illness. He is finally at peace. If you know someone with mental illness, please be compassionate.
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Anthony M Griego says
November 9, 2024 at 5:18 amI’m so sorry for your loss.
Heidi Moore says
November 9, 2024 at 11:21 amI met Ryan as we were both involved in the play Our Town in high school. He was the nicest guy and I got the biggest crush on him. I’m sad to hear that he struggled with mental illness in recent years. I pray for peace and healing for his surviving family.
Danny Caldwell says
November 9, 2024 at 12:12 pmI am so sorry to hear this. There is hardly a junior high or high school memory without Ryan. He was one of my best friends. So many memories, he was the first person I told after my first kiss, summers at lake Powell, so many late night toilet paperings and other pranks. I am so sad right now. I wish I had known how much he struggling.
Laura Money Brockbank says
November 9, 2024 at 4:26 pmRyan and our jr. High/high school friend group were a literal answer to one of the first real prayers I ever said – that I’d find friends who understood my weirdness. I have so many fond memories running through my head right now, and each one leads to another, whether it was performing in musical theater, going to Scottish festivals, early morning marching band, movie nights at Ryan’s house, night games at my house, parties at Danny’s house, and just adventuring around Payson (water mines and red bridgeanyone?) He was always so kind to my mom, and I’m glad I got to write to him on his mission to Brazil. I’m sad that we didn’t keep more in touch afterwards. He was such a talented, tender soul, and he will always be in my heart. All my love to everyone who is missing Ryan.
Vera Hamilton says
November 9, 2024 at 5:14 pmI’m devastated at Ryan’s passing. He was such a great friend. He was goofy, fun-loving, caring, and had a magical way of making you feel like the only person in the room and like you truly mattered. He was my first big crush, my first real kiss, and will always have a special place in my heart. He struggled with some serious inner demons, and I wish I could have helped. I have so many great memories of him and all the fun things we used to do all through Jr high and high school and beyond. I’ll miss you Ryan, I’ll never forget you.
Shanda Hiatt Atwood says
November 9, 2024 at 7:52 pmRyan I am so sorry we lost contact last year. I’m going to miss you and I’m so glad we were able to become friends again after highschool. Ryan was always there to listen to me cry and vent and I will always cherish the fun talks we had.
Jeremy Hancock says
November 14, 2024 at 11:28 pmSending love to the Adams’s at this time. I have fond memories of high school marching band, and percussion ensemble with Ryan. He took music performance seriously, and worked hard on the music we were learning. He would get irritated with me when I was goofing off or if I showed up late. I would give him a hard time for taking things too seriously. I always respected him for how dedicated he was to the talents, groups and people he was involved with. He was loyal and jumped into things with both feet; it doesn’t sound like that changed much the past 25 years. Rest peacefully.
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