Bud Adams' wife dies

The story is from the Tennessean;

"Nancy Adams, known for her dedication and generosity as co-owner and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers franchise, died Sunday night at the age of 84.

Nancy Adams, known for her dedication and generosity as co-owner and Vice Chairman of the Board of the Tennessee Titans/Houston Oilers franchise, died Sunday night at the age of 84.

In life, Mrs. Adams’ name was not often splashed across the newspaper page; that was a role for her husband — an athletic Oklahoma-native who found wealth in Texas oil made sport of owning an NFL franchise.Still, Mrs. Adams will be remembered for what she contributed not only to the franchise but also to its surrounding communities, both in Tennessee and Texas.

In 1998, Mr. and Mrs. Adams teamed with NFL Charities to donate $200,000 to help families in East Nashville after a devastating tornado hit the city. In 1999, Mr. and Mrs. Adams established the Tennessee Titans Foundation with an initial gift of $500,000. The Foundation offers financial support and other resources to non-profit organizations, and through it the couple has injected millions of dollars into the community.

After Tropical Storm Allison devastated the Houston area with more than 30 inches of rain in June 2001, they contributed $100,000 to the "Spirit of Texas Fund" established by the Red Cross to aid flood victims.

One of the couple’s most recent gifts came in February 2008 in the form of a $500,000 grant for Nashville’s Baptist Hospital. The donation was designated for the hospital’s Obstetrics expansion project, which was to include renovation of the family waiting room and the development of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. It was also to result in the naming of the “Bud and Nancy Adams and Tennessee Titans Family Waiting Area.”

Too few stories like this and it will get almost no press outside of Nashville and Houston, but that's the way Mrs. Adams wanted it.