"Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my father's house there are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you. And if I go prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there you may be also. " St. John 14: 1-3

To everything there is a season. A time to be born and a time to die, and so it was with our beloved Miss Clara Ruth Liles, the daughter of the late Edmond and Ruth Hubbard Liles. To many of her friends, she was simply as "Clara." She was born on August 19, 1941 in Anson County, North Carolina.

Clara was educated in the Anson County School System. She graduated from Henry Grove High School with honors. After graduation, she worked in the Anson County area as a seamstress at West Knitting Mill and Dan River.

She confessed Christ at an early age and joined Pleasant Hill African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church. She was a devout member who gave her life and service to her church where she served on many different committees and served as church secretary for sixty-four years. She exhibited love and care to her church members. She was a loving and caring sister to her seven brothers and inspired them to be loving and unselfish. She believed in family unity and was a strong person who embellished life. She will be truly missed by all.

In addition to her parents, Clara was preceded in death by one sister, Albertha Liles Streater and two brothers, Joe Liles Jr. and William Nelson Liles.

To cherish her memories, she leaves: five brothers Mr. Herbert Hugh Liles (Dee Dee), Winston-Salem, NC, Dr. Abram Liles (Marie), Oxford, NC, David Liles (Mary Ruth), Lilesville, NC, R.J.Liles, Lilesville, NC and Ervin Thomas Liles (Dora), Lilesville, NC, sisters-in-law, Georgianna Liles, Winston-Salem, NC, Nancy Ann Tyner, Winston-Salem, NC; five nephews, four nieces, five great nieces, seven great-great nieces and one great-great-great niece, a host of cousins, relatives, and friends.

The Homegoing Services will be on Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 12:00 noon, Smith's Memorial Chapel, 604 Salisbury Street, Wadesboro, North Carolina. Interment will be in the Liles Family Plot, Gatewood Station AME Zion Church Cemetery.

The Liles Family will greet family and friends on Tuesday, December 30, 2025 from 11:30am to 12:00 noon at Smith's Memorial Chapel.

The public viewing will be on Monday, December 29, 2025 from 2:00-4:30pm at Smith's Funeral Home.