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In later years, Rubel Phillips said that he and Adam "buried the hatchet and became warm friends," when they worked together on the same side in a lawsuit.<ref name="Status Quo," p. 255./> In 1967, Phillips ran again for governor, this time against [[U.S. Representative]] John Bell Williams (1918-1983). He modified many of the conservative stances of his 1963 race and positioned himself as a [[Moderate Republican]] who appealed to African Americans for support. Phillips polled some five thousand fewer votes in 1967 than he had in 1963, when he faced not just Paul Johnson but the firebrand rhetoric of Bidwell Adam.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 258-260.</ref>
In later years, Rubel Phillips said that he and Adam "buried the hatchet and became warm friends," when they worked together on the same side in a lawsuit.<ref name="Status Quo," p. 255./> In 1967, Phillips ran again for governor, this time against [[U.S. Representative]] John Bell Williams (1918-1983). He modified many of the conservative stances of his 1963 race and positioned himself as a [[Moderate Republican]] who appealed to African Americans for support. Phillips polled some five thousand fewer votes in 1967 than he had in 1963, when he faced not just Paul Johnson but the firebrand rhetoric of Bidwell Adam.<ref>"Challenging the Status Quo," pp. 258-260.</ref>
==Death==
==Death==
Adam died shortly before [[Christmas]] 1982 at the age of eighty-eight; his wife died six years later. He is interred with other family members, except for youngest son Jack C. Adam, at Southern Memorial Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. Adam lost five family members in 1968, a son and daughter-in-law, two granddaughters, and his brother.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52374672|title=Cayton Bidwell Adam, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 30, 2020}}</ref>
Adam died shortly before [[Christmas]] 1982 at the age of eighty-eight; his wife died six years later. He is interred with other family members, except for youngest son Jack C. Adam, at Southern Memorial Park in Biloxi, Mississippi. Adam lost five family members in 1968, a son and daughter-in-law, two granddaughters, and his brother.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=52374672|title=Cayton Bidwell Adam, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=June 30, 2020}}</ref>