>From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 17 July 2002

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.

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