Mrs. Wallace

Bertha Newell Prewitt Wallace, age 67, of Morehead, Kentucky, formerly of Hillsboro, Kentucky, passed away Tuesday, January 12, 2010, at the U.K. Medical Center in Lexington, Kentucky.

She was born April 24, 1942, in Bourbon County, Kentucky, daughter of William Jennings Bryan Prewitt and Sophia Wilson Prewitt. Besides her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Emma Prewitt, and three brothers, Bryan Prewitt, Strauter Prewitt, and Tommy Prewitt.

Bertha is survived by her husband of 33 years, Clarence Wallace, whom she wed November 27, 1976; one stepson and his wife, Robert Scott and Joy Lynn Wallace of Lexington, Kentucky; one step grandson, Cameron Tret Wallace and his mother, Tammy Knowles, both of Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.

Other survivors include four brothers, Bertha’s twin, Roger Prewitt of Jeffersonville, Kentucky, Davis Prewitt of Vienna, Illinois, Albert Prewitt and Catesby Prewitt, both of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky; six sisters, Bernice McCall of Winchester, Kentucky, Bettye Soper and Ann Wills, both of Paris, Kentucky, Eileen Culbertson of Lexington, Kentucky, Lillie Roberts of Chester, Virginia, and Jane Martin of Mt. Sterling, Kentucky; and many nieces and nephews.

Bertha served as secretary to Fleming County Judge Executive Jewell D. Call for nine years and was an employee of the U.S. Shoe Corporation for twelve years. She was very active in the Democratic Party, was a Kentucky Colonel, and for many years a fundraiser for the Hillsboro Fire Department and other organizations. She was also the recipient of the Champ Clark Rooster Booster Award.

Bertha was a loyal member of the Owingsville First Church of God and Women of the Church of God for more than twenty years.

Funeral services will be conducted 11 a.m. Saturday, January 16, 2010, at the Owingsville First Church of God with the Rev. Lowell C. Rice and the Rev. Harley Sexton, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Morehead, Kentucky.

Visitation is after1 p.m. Thursday, January 14, 2010, at Hutton Funeral Home in Hillsboro and after 1 p.m. Friday, January 15, 2010, at the Owingsville First Church of God.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Owingsville First Church of God Scholarship Fund, 320 Slate Avenue, Owingsville, KY 40360.

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