Bertha Octava Holcomb, age 84, of Knifley, died at 10:50 p.m. Monday, October 4, 1976, at the Metzmeier Nursing Home. She was a native of Ash Co., NC the daughter of the late Marion & Hannah Sapp Barr. Mrs. Holcomb was a member of the Brethern in Christ Church. Mrs. Holcomb is survived by: her husband James C. Holcomb, 2 sons James Holcomb of Knifley and D.T. Holcomb of Brooklyn, NY, and 1 daughter Mrs. Payline Christie of Mannsville. There are 9 grandchildren surviving. Funeral services were conducted by the Lyon Funeral Home at the Brethern in Christ at 2 p.m. Thursday October 7, with the Rev. J.D. Campbell officiating, assisted by Rev. Amos Buckwater. Interment followed in the Chappell Cemetery. Pallbearers were Chester Humphress, Coy Eastridge, Junior Gabehart, Ernest Holcomb, Malcomb Eastridge and Ralph Eastridge.
Bertha Octava Holcomb, age 84, of Knifley, died at 10:50 p.m. Monday, October 4, 1976, at the Metzmeier Nursing Home. She was a native of Ash Co., NC the daughter of the late Marion & Hannah Sapp Barr. Mrs. Holcomb was a member of the Brethern in Christ Church. Mrs. Holcomb is survived by: her husband James C. Holcomb, 2 sons James Holcomb of Knifley and D.T. Holcomb of Brooklyn, NY, and 1 daughter Mrs. Payline Christie of Mannsville. There are 9 grandchildren surviving. Funeral services were conducted by the Lyon Funeral Home at the Brethern in Christ at 2 p.m. Thursday October 7, with the Rev. J.D. Campbell officiating, assisted by Rev. Amos Buckwater. Interment followed in the Chappell Cemetery. Pallbearers were Chester Humphress, Coy Eastridge, Junior Gabehart, Ernest Holcomb, Malcomb Eastridge and Ralph Eastridge.
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