‘We’re going to make it through this;’ Adams family mourns loss of Edna Mae Williams and Gerald ‘Jerry’ Prince in Worcester fire
Updated Feb 13, 2021;
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Members of the Adams family could run up and down the stairs at their three-decker at 13 Jaques Ave., easily popping in on each level to be with one another. With generations living together under one roof, there were a tight-knit family.
That strong bond is what will now propel the Adams family through an unimaginable loss.
On Friday night, flames quickly tore through the building, leaving two family members dead and another severely injured. On the first floor of the three-decker, the blaze claimed the lives of Edna Mae Williams and her son Gerald “Jerry” Prince. Trying to escape the fire, Woodrow Adams Sr. jumped from the third-floor deck.