Bertha “Josephine” (Vickers) Breedlove, 88, of Alkol was carried by angels to her Heavenly Home on Tuesday, September 3, 2013. She had been in Hubbard Hospice House for one week.
She was born in Seth to the late Ray and Bell (Hale) Vickers on December 31, 1924. She was also preceded in death by her son, Rodney Breedlove; sister, Mark Harvey, and brother, Chester Vickers.
Surviving are her children, Pat (Roger) Holley, David Joey (Star) Breedlove, and Cindy Saul all of Alkol; brothers, Edward (Garnet) Vickers, and Richard Vickers; sisters, Jean Pauley and Carol Matthews; eight grandchildren, Steve (Brianna) Breedlove, Rodney (Angie) Holley, Darren (Mollie) Holley, Leslie Clark, Amanda (Gibby) Gibson, Davey Breeedlove, Marty Saul and Candace (Steve) Kreutzer; nine great grandchildren, David Todd Nunn, Hannah Lilly, Taylor Breedlove, Allen Grimmet, Sarah Holley, Caleb and Noah Gibson, Logan and Landon Holley; and four great great grandchildren.
Granny was a member of Sycamore Grove Missionary Baptist Church and the Church Quilting Ladies, Mission Society and also a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. She worked hard all of her life and raised her family in a Christian home.
Funeral service will be 1:00 pm Friday, September 6th, at Curry Funeral Home, 2097 Childress Road, Alum Creek with Pastors Jimmy Lawrence and Darrell Searls officiating. Burial will follow in Orchard Hills Memory Gardens, Yawkey. The family will receive friends from 6 – 8 pm Thursday at the funeral home with the Eastern Star Service at 7:00 pm.