Submitted by Wendall Steven.<BR>
<BR>
23 November 1997<BR>
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  Bertha Lee Washburn Compton, 85, of Rome passed away Sunday, Nov. 23, 1997. Mrs. Compton was born March 29, 1912 in Cherokee 
County, Ala. She was a member of the Garden Lakes Baptist Church of Rome and a former, hostess-student nurse at Piedmont 
Hospital in Atlanta. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Alec Washburn, and a grandson. Surviving are: three 
daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Langley of Cedartown, Margaret W. Andrews of Silver Creek and Betty Ann Powell of Waleska; six 
grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Nov. 26, at 11 a.m., in the chapel of the 
First Baptist Church of Cedartown, with Rev. Dan Armistead and Rev. Robert Lloyd officiating. Interment followed in North View 
Cemetery. The Litesey Funeral Home had charge of arrangements. <BR>


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