Wednesday, October 1, 2025 9:22 am

In Loving Memory of Patricia May Adams Clapp: May 1, 1939 - September 2, 2025. Patricia May Adams Clapp, age 86, of Rutherfordton, NC, passed away September 2, 2025.

She was preceded in death by her husband, James Jenness Clapp Sr., and her son-in-law, Vernon Miles.

Patricia is remembered by her three children: Dr. James Jenness Clapp Jr. and wife, Janine; Cynthia Gale Clapp Wheeler and husband, Wayne; and Catherine Marie Clapp Miles, the widow of the late Vernon Miles. She was a devoted grandmother to Jenna Clapp, Vernon Miles III, David Miles, Matthew Miles, Jaclyn Miles, Gabrielle Wheeler, Moriah Wheeler, Bethany Wheeler, and Rosh Wheeler, along with their spouses, her great-grandchildren: Owen, Emma, and Lilly Gait; Hannah, Jared, Espn, and Abbygale Elliott; Caleb Wheeler; Liam and Olivia Miles; and Evan, Isabella, and David Miles, two great-great-grandchildren, Milo and Olivia Elliott.

A faithful and dedicated minister of Jehovah's Witnesses, Patricia devoted much of her life to sharing the comforting promises found in God's Word.

A memorial service was held September 27 at the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses.

Crowe's Mortuary and Crematory.