Joberta Wortham

You can shed tears that she is gone. Or you can smile because she has lived.You can close your eyes and pray that she will come back. Or you can open your eyes and see all that she has left. Or you can do what she would want: smile, open your eyes, love and go on.Joberta Wortham, age 77, answered the call "come unto me all ye that are heavy laden, and I will give thee rest," on Monday, June 15, 2015. Service: Noon Saturday at East St. Paul Baptist Church, the Rev. L.S. Wilson, pastor. Burial: Laurel Land Cemetery. Visitation: Noon to 6 p.m. Friday at Serenity Funerals & Cremations. Survivors: Her caring sons, James Wortham (Cynthia), and Barron Wortham (Caledra); her beautiful grandchildren, Redmond, Barron, Michael, Carrington, Calea and Noah; her loving sisters, Dorothy Smith, Dorothy Thorton (Richard) and Betty Greer, all of Houston; and a host of other loving family members and friends.