To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Smith.Bertha.M.2002.Lincoln.OBIT Bertha M. Smith July 14 2002 Lincoln County KyArchives Obituaries Danville Advocate Messenger, Publication Date: 07/17/02 MORELAND -- Bertha M. Smith, 89, of Stanford died Sunday at Stanford House nursing home. Born Dec. 21, 1912, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Lula Gifford Frederick. She was a homemaker and a member of New Salem Baptist Church. She was the widow of Clarence Smith. Survivors include two sons, Bill Smith of Toomb's Hollow and Cecil "Chuck" Smith of Stanford; four daughters, Myrtle Hazlett of South Fork, Velma Ollish of Waynesburg, and Kaye Reichenback and Anita Brown, both of Stanford; a brother, Coleman Frederick of Commiskey, Ind.; a sister, Ella Coffey of McKinney; 19 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and three great-great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Florence Sawyer, and three sons, Virgil, Roy and Ronnie Smith. Services will be 2 p.m. Thursday at W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home by G.W. Smith. Burial will be in New Salem Baptist Cemetery. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers are granddaughters. Visitation is 6-9 p.m. today. Memorials may go to McKinney Rescue Squad. -------------------------------------------- Danville Advocate Messenger, Publication Date: 07/18/02 MORELAND -- Services for Bertha M. Smith, 89, of Stanford will be 2 p.m. today at W.L. Pruitt Funeral Home by G.W. Smith. Burial will be in New Salem Baptist Cemetery. She died Tuesday at Stanford House nursing home. Born Dec. 21, 1912, in Lincoln County, she was the daughter of the late Jesse and Lula Gifford Frederick. She was a homemaker and a member of New Salem Baptist Church. She was the widow of Clarence Smith. Survivors include two sons, Bill Smith of Toomb's Hollow and Cecil "Chuck" Smith of Stanford; four daughters, Myrtle Hazlett of South Fork, Velma Ollish of Waynesburg, and Kaye Reichenbach and Anita Brown, both of Stanford; a brother, Coleman Frederick of Commiskey, Ind.; a sister, Ella Coffey of McKinney; 19 grandchildren; 28 great-grandchildren; and three great-great- grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Florence Sawyer; and three sons, Virgil, Roy and Ronnie Smith. Pallbearers will be grandsons. Honorary pallbearers are granddaughters. Memorials may go to McKinney Rescue Squad. Submitted by: Sherri Hall http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000051 Additional Comments: NOTE: I have no additional information and am not seeking additional information. This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/