Bertha Fay Edwards Girard

Durham, NC - Bertha Fay Edwards Girard, age 97, of Durham, NC, formerly of Brevard, NC, passed away Tuesday, January 18, 2011. She was born in Macon County, the daughter of the late Mack Daniel Edwards and Perdita Bolick Edwards. She was married to the late Harold Addison Girard. She was a member of Brevard United Methodist Church. She had worked in a paper mill for 45 years. She loved to garden (much more than house work) and was known for her excellent road work and bizarre method of performing same in the rain. She knew the importance of liming apple trees, loved to wear Pith helmet, rubber galoshes and culottes. She loved to travel and keep in touch with her many relatives, she loved music - thought the Beatles harmonized well. She loved the ocean, lakes, ponds, creeks and streams.

She is survived by two daughters, Virginia Johnson and husband Leon "John", and Jerry Taylor and husband Lee; two grandchildren, Dianna Lee Taylor and husband Sean Smith and Christopher Harold Taylor. She was preceded in death by a granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Johnson, who died in 1982. She was the last of the children of Perdita and Mack Daniel Edwards. She was preceded in death by her siblings, Dan, Virginia (Sis), Truie, Floyd, Troy, John, Eric, Cecil, Bruce, and Felicia.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 22nd at 2:00pm in the Chapel of Bryant-Grant Funeral Home in Highlands, with Paul Edwards officiating. Burial will be in Horsecove Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Lee Taylor, Chris Taylor, Terry Edwards, Paul Edwards, Joel Waldon, and Sean Smith.

The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00 pm before the service Saturday.

Memorials may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, NC 27607.

Bryant-Grant Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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