Clara Ruth (Worthington) Adams

CLARA RUTH (WORTHINGTON) ADAMS, 86, went home to be with her Heavenly Father on November 6, 2014. She was a graduate of North Alabama University, an accomplished seamstress, embroiderer, and home decorator, and a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. She was an active member of Middletown United Methodist Church and a former member of Southeast Christian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband of 62 years Lester I. Adams, her son, Steven W. Adams, and her parents Edna and James Worthington.

She is survived by her son, Lester I. Adams Jr. (Jennifer), daughter Lisa A. Saylor (Barry), brothers James A. Worthington and William B. Worthington, D.M.D., grandchildren Lindsay S. Raia (Bobby), Christopher Saylor, Zoe Adams and Andrew Adams, and great-grandson Cruz Robert Raia.

A celebration of her life will be held at noon on Monday, November 10, 2014, at Middletown United Methodist Church, 11902 Old Shelbyville Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40243, with interment to follow at Resthaven Memorial Park.

Visitation will be on Sunday, November 9, 2014, from noon to 5:00 p.m. at Newcomer Funeral Home, 235 Juneau Drive, Louisville, Kentucky 40243 and on Monday, November 10, 2014, in the Chapel at Middletown United Methodist Church from 10:00 a.m. to the time of the service.

Expressions of sympathy may go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, Middletown United Methodist Church, or Hosparus of Louisville.