Clarinda Thornton McCrary Ray Adams

Mrs. Clarinda McCrary Adams, age 93, of St. Louis, MO, formerly of Elberton, passed away on December 4, 2009. Born in Elberton, Georgia on October 12, 1915, she was the daughter of the late Ira Allen and Martha Vesta Maxwell Clinton. Mrs. Adams was a member of Northside Baptist Church. In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husbands, Thomas Reid McCrary Jr, Fred Ray, and Cliff Adams; brothers, Robert and John W. Thornton; sister, Emma Jo Smith; and daughter, Martha Selma McCrary Essmeyer. Survivors include her daughter and sons-in-law, Mary Frances McCrary and Robert Rammelsburg of St Louis, MO, and Robert Essmeyer of Olatha, KS; and son and daughter-in-law, Thomas Thornton and Rebecca McCrary, of St. Louis, MO. 8 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and other relatives and friends also survive. Funeral Services will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 12 noon at the Chapel of Hicks Funeral Home with Reverend David McConnell officiating. Interment will follow in Elmhurst Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Tuesday morning from 10am until time of service. Hicks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Mrs. Clarinda McCrary Adams.