Mary Helen Jenkins Adams, 87, of Christian County, died Thursday, July 25. A Hopkinsville native, she was an honor graduate of Western Kentucky University. A teacher in local schools and at Hopkinsville Community College, where she twice won the Great Teacher Award. She was active in the League of Women Voters, Democratic women’s groups and the Kentucky Council of Teachers of English. She spent a summer studying at Queen’s College in London. She was a member of the Col. John Green Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. A celebration of life is being planned on the family farm. Hughart, Beard & Giles Funeral Home is assisting with the arrangements. Memorial gifts are suggested to the Hopkinsville-Christian County Public Library.