Man’s final wish — ride to cemetery on ‘lo-boy’ trailer

Published 8:12 pm Friday, November 7, 2008

By Mark Millican

markmillican@daltoncitizen.com



CHATSWORTH — Milon Boone Adams was serious about his final wish — instead of traveling to the cemetery in a hearse, he wanted to go on the back of a lo-boy trailer designed to move heavy equipment for excavation.

“He was an outdoors person,” said his wife, JoAnn Keener Adams, “and he didn’t want to go in a hearse. He said, ‘Wouldn’t it be cool to go on a lo-boy?’”

The Adamses were married 15 years, and said their vows just days after the Blizzard of 1993.

Adams, 56, passed away on Oct. 26 from lung cancer. He had asked his employer, Jim Keller of Keller Outdoors, if one of his trailers could be used for the service, which was arranged by Jesse Jones Funeral Home of Chatsworth.

“Jim asked him to come to work for him nine years ago,” JoAnn Adams said. “He had worked at Galaxy Carpets for 18 years. He operated heavy equipment for Jim. They were friends, and he loved his friends and family. Keller Outdoors was his second family — we always called them our Keller family.”

When she asked Jones about the unique form of transportation to Mount Moriah Cemetery, he said it was fine with him.

“We try to accommodate families the best we can,” Jones said. “We put a blanket over the casket to protect it and tied it down good. It was a long procession, about three-quarters of a mile. Tractor-trailer drivers coming in the opposite direction radioed the driver of the lo-boy to see what was going on, and one of them actually knew him.”

Keller rode with driver Dwayne Green in the cab.