Bertha Caudill 1947

Sanford Caudill Father	Bert Caudill	Nora Farler Mother
	Jerry Ferrell Spouse

Bertha Caudill
Name	Bertha    Caudill
Gender	Female
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Birth and Death Information
Born	26 Jan 1947
	Farler, KY
	United States of America
Deceased	15 Feb 1982
	Cincinnati, OH
Family Relationships
Father	Sanford Caudill
Mother	Nora Farler
Spouse	Franklin Ferrell 1939
Marriage Date	3 Oct 1964
Children	Jerry Ferrell 1966 Brett Ferrell 1969
Siblings	Jean Caudill Frances Caudill Patsy Caudill David Caudill June Caudill Elmer Caudill Jerry Caudill John Caudill
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Birth Certificate	Bertha Caudill 1947 Birth Certificate
Death Certificate	Bertha Caudill 1982 Death Certificate
Marriage Certificate	Ferrell Caudill Marriage Cert
Obituary	Bertha Caudill 1982 Obituary
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David Ferrell
Brett Ferrell

This one is mom, so it's reasonably well documented, though there a few holes here and there that I wished I'd asked her sisters before they were gone. I did reach out to my uncle John (LINK TO JOHN WHEN CREATED), but it didn't recall for example her going to Berea College/Prep High School, for instance, because he was the baby of the family and it just didn't make that big of an impression on him.

But, she was born 26 Jan 1947, to Sanford Caudill and Nora Farler in Farler, KY.

Family

Bert was born towards the of her mom's 10 kids, the 3rd youngest of six girls and four boys (Jean, Frances, Pat, Dave, Dot, June, Otis, Bert, Jerry Wayne, and John)

I don't know a bunch about my mom's childhood other than she and her mother didn't always see eye-to-eye, my mom had a bit of a temper and maybe just a bit of a mean streak, and was fairly stubborn; and apparently her and mammaw (Nora) would get into row as a teenager and mom would disappear up into the hills for hours or days.

The old home was in the bottom of a hollow on the right fork, the creek running right behind the house. The house was built on about a 5' high cinderblock foundation, I think partly to protect the house from the creek when it would flood, and partly to give space under it for a coal crib to heat it in the winter. I think grandma maybe stored canned/preserves down there to keep them cool as well maybe, but I never went down there. The house had a large kitchen with a table big enough to seat the whole family, 10 or 12 all told, 1 bathroom, and a long hallway with two largish sleeping/bedrooms with (at the time I was little at least) two big beds in each. I'm sure at various times those rooms were arranged very differently.

The property was largish, with a field next to the house that over the years was variously planted with corn and beans and other crops, and I think maybe they had chickens and pigs (I don't recall anyone to have mentioned them having a cow). The yard was big enough that, by the time I was really aware of what was going on there was always at least one trailer on the property for uncle Dave, and I think maybe at one point uncle John lived in a trailer there as well.

Mom was very close to her siblings, but particularly Dot, Frances, Jean, and June - Jean partly because she alway left for Ohio to pursue her fortune (and June as well, but June had some sort of broken courtship in Middletown and ran back home and married AJ Sparkman I was told, but I don't know the details). She was also very close to Jerry Wayne, so she was devastated when he died young in the mines.

Education

I'm not sure how much school each of grandma's kids got, but I know my mom didn't get here GED until much later, after having us and living in Ohio. I found an idea from Berea College after she passed away, and thought she'd taken some college classes, but after contacting them realized this was for the "Foundation" program, which is now a separate college-preparation High School. They could not provide me a transcript, but uncle John said that the family had a relation at Berea, maybe his uncle, and that he figured she must have taken part of a year of high school while staying with them. This was for the 1962-63 school year when she would've been only 15.

But, at some point she did get her GED, and I think this was a requirement for one of the several promotions she got at Kroger to move into management, but I'm not sure where or how she got it. But it also reinforced with her the value of an education, and she and dad always harped on it, and made it clear that college would be an expectation for David Ferrell and I, and not an option. To reinforce this I distinctly recalling her making a point to take us to a football game at historic Nippert Stadium for the  University of Cincinnati vs.  Miami University game. This is cool because it's one of the oldest rivals in the country, played in one of the oldest and most historic stadiums in the country, but she wanted to make sure we knew there were 2 quality colleges close to home, and help us feel part of that environment. So, it was especially cool for me to take my nephew Jake to games here, and to be there when they were the first non "Power-5" school to earn a bid to the &nbspCollege Football Playoffs.

Other

Cancer Treatment

About 2000 I .

Timeline

Bert's timeline
Bert's timeline

Previous Addresses

6090 Serena Way
Middletown, OH 45044
We moved here when I was about 8, after getting hit by car - mom insisted Granada neighborhood wasn't safe. 6090 Serena way was our parents dream home, they installed the pool and considered putting in a lighted tennis court (that was the big family activity for the 4 of us! The pool was great, and we played in it a ton, even though it was always too cold - we didn't have a heater, and the solar blanket was not that effective. The yards were big, and we played football all the time (breaking my arm at one point), and we would run around the farm of Mr. Zucker, and play i the woods for hours.

510 Grenada Ave
Middletown, OH 45044
We lived here in elementary school, maybe moving here when I was about 4 years old? There were some rough kids around that would bully us, and I was really only good friends with Julie Chapman next door and a couple of boys up the street, maybe the Pergrines?

843 Foster St
Franklin, OH 45005
From my newspaper birth announcement, but I have literally no memory of this place.

Right Fork Maces Creek
Farler, KY 41774
The old homestead, torn down by John Caudill about 2018 for being beyond repair.

Pictures

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• Pictures of Brett Ferrell 1969
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Documents

Newspaper blurb about my birth

Newspaper blurb about me getting hit by a car