Bertie F. Surbaugh, 88, of Grassy Meadows, passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, in the Greenbrier Valley Medical Center, Fairlea, following a long illness.

Born October 26, 1933, at Springdale, she was the daughter of the late Herbert and Dorthie Ford Flanagan.

Bertie was a homemaker and an amazing cook. In the summers, she especially enjoyed working in the garden and picking beans. Her greatest joy was being with her family. She loved being a wife, mother, and grandmother. Bertie was a member of the Meadow Grove Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband of 62 years Howard Surbaugh; an infant daughter, Sherry, three brother Horace, Everett, and Herbert Flanagan; and two sisters Stella Birchfield and Fern Holland.

Survivors include four daughters, Glenda Fitzwater (Harold), Lavetta McClung (Glen), [Donna] McClung (Arlus), and Michelle Mathis (Stanley); two sisters, Phyllis Smith, Claudia Wimer, a brother, William Flanagan, eleven grandchildren; and many great-grandchildren, nieces, nephews, extended family, and friends.

The family would like to thank Stonerise Nursing and Rehabilitation Center and Greenbrier Valley Medical Center for the kindness and care they provided.

A private family graveside service will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, March 15, in the Wallace Memorial Cemetery, Clintonville, with Vince Deeds officiating.

Online condolences at www.smathersfuneralchapelinc.com.

Arrangements by Smathers Funeral Chapel, Inc., Rainelle.