Bertha Mae Williams Curtis, 83, of Middlesex died June 3. Funeral is scheduled for June 6 at Lee’s Chapel Baptist Church in the church cemetery.

A native of Nash County, she was born Feb. 2, 1925. She was preceded in death by her husband of 53 years, Thomas James Curtis.

Surviving: daughter, Rose Driver and husband Sherwood of Middlesex; sons, Ed Curtis and wife Vickie of Wendell, Ricky Curtis and wife Debbie of Bailey; sisters, Margie Glover of Middlesex, Joyce Lively and husband Danny of Ashland, Ky.; grandchildren, Robert Curtis, Celena Curtis, Mandy Driver, Sarah Curtis, two great-grandchildren; friend, Julian Bryant.

Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, www.cancer.org. Arrangements by Strickland Funeral Home, Wendell.