Seventh Generation

6437. Bertha Mae Robbins was born on 9 March 1897 in Watauga Co., NC.²¹²⁷³ Bertha died in Avery Co., NC on 23 June 1982.²¹²⁷⁴

Bertha Mae Robbins and Clyde Lester Dula were married on 18 September 1915 in Yadkin Valley, Caldwell Co., NC.^21275,21276 They^21275,21276 appeared in the census on 5 February 1920 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.²¹²⁷⁷ They²¹²⁷⁷ were divorced about 1930 in North Carolina. Bertha and Clyde appeared in the census on 23 April 1940 in Watauga Twp., Watauga Co., NC.²¹²⁷⁸ Clyde Lester Dula, son of Arthur Hill Dula and Mary Jane Coffey, was born on 23 July 1893 in Watauga Co., NC.²¹²⁷⁹ He lived with his parents in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 11 June 1900. He lived with his parents in Globe, Caldwell Co., NC on 29 April 1910. He registered for the WWI draft on 5 June 1917 in Watauga Co., NC.²¹²⁸⁰ Clyde died of a prostate cancer on 2 August 1973 at the age of 80 in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC and was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in Blowing Rock, Watauga Co., NC on 4 August 1973.^21281,21282

Obituary, unnamed newspaper

Rites held for Mr. Dula

Clyde Lester Dula, age 80, of Blowing Rock died Thursday in Blowing Rock Hospital after an extended illness.

Mr. Dula was born in Watauga County to Arthur and Mary Jane Coffey Dula. He was a retired fuel oil distributor having been employed by the Colvard Oil Company for thirty-four years. He served on the Blowing Rock Town Council for eight years and the local Recreation Commission for several years. He also served as Elder at Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are his wife, Gwendolyn Coffey Dula of Blowing Rock; four daughters, Mrs. Elyse Milum of Lakeland, Florida, Mrs. John Broyhill of Blowing Rock, Miss Linda Dula of Blowing rock and Mrs. Mike Wilson of Boone; seven sisters, Mrs. Aileen Gragg of Boone, Mrs. W. H. Estes of Blowing Rock, Mrs. Beatrice Lentz of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Murray Coffey of Blowing Rock, Mrs. Virginia Willis of Winston-Salem, Mrs. Estha Self of Eden, Mrs. J. T. Niehulson of Los Angeles, Calif. and one brother, Ernest Dula of Winston-Salem; 12 grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were conducted at 2 p.m. on Saturday at Rumple Memorial Presbyterian Church by Rev. Richard Holshouser and Rev. George Stenhouse. burial was in the Blowing Rock City Cemetery.

Information on this family provided by Gail Pitts, Sun., May 10, 2020 via e-mail to ed.coffey.project@gmail.com.

Bertha Mae Robbins and Clyde Lester Dula had the following children: