Bertha Louise Carter, 88, passed away following health complications,
June 19, 2022, at the Graham County Hospital. She was born July 29,
1933, in Rural Nicodemus, Kansas, the daughter of Nathainel Moore, Sr.
and Sarah (Griffie) Moore.
January 21, 1956, Bertha married Robert Earl Carter of Emporia in
Nicodemus. Three children were born to this union: Bondetta, Arnold,
and Sylvester. Bertha was mostly a stay-at-home wife and mother.
However, she helped around the farm when needed, doing anything from
driving a tractor to completing an engine overhaul on a vehicle. Robert
and Bertha were married for 38 years before he passed away at the VA
Hospital in Wichita in August of 1994.
Many times, in later years, one of Bertha’s grandchildren called her
to ask for advice with what was going on with their automobile. She
told them what the problem was and how to fix it. They were satisfied
with the answer she gave because she was always right. Other activities
Bertha enjoyed were fishing, hunting, and watching sports. She did well
at almost everything she tried, even baking those lemon meringue pies
that only Sylvester, liked.
Bertha was preceded in death by her parents; her sister Dorethy;
three brothers: Nathainel, Jr., Wilfred, and Donald. Left to cherish
her memory are her three children: Bondetta, Arnold and Sylvester and
their spouses: Brian, Gloria and Lorette; grandchildren: Malinda,
Natusha, Terry, Brice and Megan Carter, Brandon and Erin Carter, Ebonee
and Cote Hower, Anthony Henderson, Tanisha Walker, Tasheena Carter,
Trace, Keenan and Jayden Engel, and Dalton Yost; many great
grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; one sister, Florence
Howard; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.
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