The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA Jan. 20, 1967
SOMERSET -- Mrs. Bertha Ola Shifflett, 74, of Somerset, died Wednesday in a Staunton hospital. Daughter of the late Zack and Emma Morris Conley, she was born on March 15, 1892, in Greene County. Her husband was the late Josh Shifflett. She is survived by three daughters, Mrs. Ethel Lee Conley of Somerset, Mrs. Dorothy Lawson of Eheart and Mrs. Polly Conley of Stanardsville; a half-brother, Henry Crawford of Waynesboro; nine grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two sisters, Lucy Ann Conley Frazier and Lizzie Shifflett ;and a half-sister, Louisa Conley Collier. The funeral will be at 2 P.M. tomorrow at Preddy's Funeral Home of Gordonsville. Burial will be in Maplewood Cemetery.
