Alta Hensley

Alta Hensley of Campbellsville, daughter of the late Harry Adams and Ella Kessler Adams was born April 14, 1926 in Hart County, Kentucky. She died at 7:43 A.M., Saturday, October 21, 2017 in Campbellsville. Age: 91 She professed faith in Christ and was a member of Liberty Cumberland Presbyterian Church which she served faithfully for many years. Alta was an elder, youth sponsor and Crusade leader for the Cumberland Presbytery. After retiring from public work she also took on the roll of Church Treasurer. Alta was always supporting others, whether it was in her many rolls in her church and her community or during her 35 years as the receptionist at Fruit of the Loom; all of which had many challenges that she managed to handle with both poise and grace. She united in marriage to Floyd Hensley, Jr. September 10, 1947 and it has been said that she truly was the “good woman behind the good man”, as she very faithfully supported and encouraged him in all his endeavors. He preceded her in death January 12, 2004. Alta is survived by one sister, Virginia Baker of Campbellsville; two sisters-in-law, Rowena Hines of Nashville, Tennessee and Grace Counts of Elizabeth, Colorado; five nieces and nephews: Kenneth Baker and wife, Kimberly, Mitzi Hensley Crenshaw and husband, Joe, Sanford Hensley and wife, Angie, Kelly Hines and wife, Heather, Amy Counts Smith and husband, Brian; her dear friend, Helen Vaughn of Campbellsville; several great nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends. She was preceded in death by one brother, T. J. Adams. _______________ VISITATION: 5:00-8:00 P.M., EST., Tuesday, October 24, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home FUNERAL SERVICE: 11:00 A.M., EST., Wednesday, October 25, 2017 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville by Rev. Earl West BURIAL: 2:00 P.M., EST. in Horse Cave Cemetery FAMILY REQUEST EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY BE DONATIONS TO LIBERTY CUMBERLAND PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH AND MAY BE MADE AT PARROTT AND RAMSEY FUNERAL HOME