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Bertha McCartan Obituary

NEW LEBANON Bertha M. Blocker McCartan died December 11, 2004. Born in Macon, Ga., daughter of the late Joseph and Annie Palmer Blocker. Bertha was employed for many years at New Lebanon School District as a bus driver/trainer, retiring in 1980. Survivors, niece, Katherine Esquilin; cousins, John W. Palmer, Betty Palmer Davda, Gloria Janet. Bertha will be interred in Riverside Cemetery, Macon at a later date.

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Published by Albany Times Union on Dec. 16, 2004.

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