Individual Details
Bertha Marguerite Coburn
(1 Aug 1916 - 1 Sep 2001)
Events
| Birth | 1 Aug 1916 | West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States | |||
| Death | 1 Sep 2001 | Windsor Place |  | ||
| Marriage | Wendell Edward South | ||||
| Burial | West Point, Clay, Mississippi, United States |
Families
| Spouse | Wendell Edward South (1913 - 1999) |
| Father | Maurice John "Morris" Coburn Sr. (1887 - 1946) |
| Mother | Mabel Richard Rush (1895 - 1988) |
| Sibling | Allene A "Allie" Coburn (1915 - ) |
| Sibling | Pearl Coburn (1920 - 1979) |
| Sibling | Ivah E "Snookie" Coburn (1924 - 1997) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Maurice J. "Jimmy" Coburn (1935 - 2005) |
Notes
Death
Bertha SouthCOLUMBUS – Bertha Marguerite Coburn South, 85, died Saturday, Sept. 1, 2001, at Windsor Place. She as born Aug. 1, 1916, in West Point to the late Maurice John Coburn and Mabel R. Rush Coburn. She was the former owner of B & S Cleaners and a seamstress at Knickerbocker.
Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Robinson Funeral Home Chapel in West Point with Dr. Tim Teater officiating. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.
Survivors include a son, Richard W. South of West Point; a daughter, Marguerite “Cricket” Campbell of West Point; a brother, Maurice J. Coburn of West Point; two sisters, Florence Hester of West Point and Jean Minyard of Starkville; 3 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dana Minyard, Jeffrey Rogers, Harry Rogers Jr., Bobby Shelton, Murray Tubb and Lee Morrison.
Honorary pallbearers will be Dr. Lance Bush, Dr. Michael Duckworth, Dr. T.N. Braddock, Hester Smith, Bobby Wooten and Bobby Ming.
Memorials may be made to First Christian Church, P.O. Box 208, West Point, MS 39773 and Palmer Home for Children, 2124 College St., Columbus, MS 39701.
Visitation will be today from 6 to 9 p.m.