Bertha Shepard Of Waltonville Dies At Age 82

Mrs. Bertha Hall Shepard, 82, of Waltonville, died at 10:20 Friday at the Hickory Grove Manor Nursing Home.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the Fry Funeral Chapel in Waltonville, with the Rev. Darrell Busby officiating. Burial will be in the Knob Prairie cemetery. The body will lie in state at the Fry Funeral Home in Waltonville, where friends may call after 6:00 p.m. today.

Mrs. Shepard was born January 15, 1887, in Jefferson county, the daughter of Henry C. and Sarah (Walker) Martin.

In 1906, she was married to Walter Hall, who died in December, 1925.

Her second husband also preceded her in death.

Survivors include two sons, Ray Hall of Marion; two brothers, Harl Martin of Waltonville and Nelson Martin of Sesser; one sister, Mrs. Delphia Fairchilds of Secor, Ill.; four grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Shepard was a member of the Church of Christ of Waltonville.

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Submitted by: Cindy Ford