Helen Ruth Adkins

Helen Ruth Adkins, 77, of 101 Waycaster Road, Hampton, TN, a loving Mother and Grandmother, went home to be with her Lord on his birthday. Mrs. Adkins was a native of Carter County and had lived most of her life in Johnson City. She was a daughter of the late Robert T. and Myrtle Louise Hill Williams. She was a homemaker and a beloved member of the Hampton Church of God. Mrs. Adkins is preceded in death by: her parents; her husband, Howard F. Adkins in March of 1998;two sisters, Josephine Williams and Betty Lou Jones; one brother, Richard W. Williams; three half-sisters, Edna Poff, Elsie Bradley, and Dorothy Perry; three half-brothers, George Williams, Gene Williams, and Sutton Williams. Survivors include: three daughters and their husbands, Linda Gail and Charles Geisler of Hampton, Nancy Faye and Paul Sherman of Johnson City, Martha Anne and Butch Brock of Johnson City; two step-daughters, Mary Ann Talmadge of Texas and Kathy Hill of Illinois; two sisters, Carrie Winters and Diane Thomas, both of Johnson City; two half-sisters, Sylvia Street and Mary Esther Estep, both of Elizabethton; one brother, Harry Williams of Asheville, NC; seven grandchildren, Stephanie Jaynes, Carolyn Mitchell, David Reed, Lonnie Reed, Christie Pohto, Kimberly Sherman, and Jeffrey Glenn Saults; several great grandchildren, nieces and nephews also survive. The funeral service for Helen Ruth Adkins will be conducted at 8 PM Thursday, December 28, 2006 in the Hampton Church of God. Rev. Hobart Bradshaw will officiate. Music will be by members of the church. The graveside service will be conducted at 10:30 AM Friday in the Washington County Memory Gardens. Everyone will meet at Morris-Baker at 10 AM Friday to go in procession to the cemetery. Active pallbearers will be Charles Geisler, Chris Geisler, Billy Jaynes, Harold Presnell, Ray Kempton, and Butch Brock. Honorary pallbearers will be the members of the Hampton Church of God. The family will receive friends at the Hampton Church of God from 6 to 8 PM Thursday prior to the service.