Bertha Trull

Bertha Mae Woodard Cook "Bert" Trull, age 84, of 125 Spring House Drive in the Dutch Cove Community went to be with her Lord and Savior surrounded by her loving family on Monday, June 8, 2009, at her residence. A native of Swain County, she was the daughter of the late Crawford and Emma Tabor Woodard. She was also preceded in death by two previous husbands, Rollins Cook, who died in 1962 and Scott Burnett, who died in 1985; five brothers, Bill, Luther, Paul, Milton, and Robert Woodard; and a grandson, Jeff Clontz. She was member of Dutch Cove Baptist Church. She was a loving wife, mother, and grandmother. Bert was an avid bowler and a member of the Senior Bowling Leaque. She participated in the Senior Olympics where she was a medal winner for several events. She is survived by her husband of 20 years, Carroll Trull of Canton; a son, Buford Cook and his wife, Joyce Abbott Cook, of Canton; two daughters, Patricia Cook Shipman and her husband, G. L., of Canton and Sandy Cook Case and her husband, Ronnie, of Etowah; a stepson, Dennis Trull of Sylva; four stepdaughters, Nancy of Cherokee, Sherry of Atlanta, Glenda Burke and her husband, Paul, of Clyde, and Sandra Clontz and her husband, J. C., of Canton; two sisters, Ruth Byrd of Winston Salem and Hattie Southard of Gastonia; a brother, Oscar Woodard of Boone; 14 grandchildren; 30 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-granddaughter. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, 2009, at the Canton Chapel of Wells Funeral Home with the Reverend Ed Lowder and the Reverend Roy Houston officiating. Burial will follow at Crawford/Ray Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends from 12:00 noon until 2:00 p.m. prior to the service at the funeral home. Pallbearers will be grandsons, Richie and Danny Case, Russ Cook, Bobby Moore, Dewayne Mann, and Mark Pace. At other times, the family will be at the home of G. L. and Patricia Shipman, 78 Spring House Drive in the Dutch Cove Community of Canton. Memorials may be made to Care Partners Hospice Memorial Fund, P. O. Box 25338, Asheville, NC 28813 or to one's favorite charity.

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