Carter County TN Archives Obituaries.....Adkins, Helen R December 25, 2006
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Elizabethton Star  Dec 27. 2006
Helen R. Adkins 





    Helen Ruth Adkins, 77, 101 Waycaster Road, Hampton, a loving Mother and 

Grandmother, went home to be with her Lord on His birthday. 





    A native of Carter County, she had lived most of her life in Johnson City. 

She was a daughter of the late Robert T. and Myrtle Louise Hill Williams. 





    Mrs. Adkins was a homemaker and a beloved member of the Hampton Church of 

God. 





    In addition to her parents, Mrs. Adkins was preceded in death by her 

husband, Howard F. Adkins, in March of 1998; two sisters, Josephine Williams 

and Betty Lou Jones; a brother, Richard W. Williams; three half sisters, Edna 

Poff, Elsie Bradley and Dorothy Perry; and three half brothers, George 

Williams, Gene Williams and Sutton Williams. 





    Survivors include three daughters and sons-in-law, Linda Gail and Charles 

Geisler of Hampton, Nancy Faye and Paul Sherman and Martha Anne and Butch 

Brock, all of Johnson City; two stepdaughters, 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; a brother, Harry Williams of Asheville, N.C.; and 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 Mrs. Adkins will be conducted at 8 p.m. Thursday, 

December 28, at the Hampton Church of God with Rev. Hobart Bradshaw 

officiating. Music will be by members of the church. The graveside service 

will be conducted at 10:30 a.m. Friday, December 29, at Washington County 

Memory Gardens. Everyone will meet at Morris-Baker Funeral Home at 10 a.m. 

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 members of the Hampton Church of God. The 

family will receive friends at Hampton Church of God from 6 to 8 p.m. 

Thursday, prior to the service. Online condolences may be sent to the Adkins 

family via www.morrisbaker.com 



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