Bertha Lee Monroe

Bertha Lee (Green) Monroe was born to James Monroe and Mary Etta (Jackson) Green on August 19, 1917 at Marlow, OK and departed this life in Temple, OK on November 20, 2012 at the age of 95 years, 3 months and 1 day. Bertha grew up in Stephens and Cotton County. She married LeeRoy Monroe on December 15, 1935 and they made their home in the communities of Walters and Temple. She accepted Christ as her savior at the age of 16 at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church near the Red River. She has been a member of First Baptist Church since 1960 where she was active with WMU, GA's, taught Sunday school and worked in the kitchen. Bertha was a homemaker and enjoyed gardening, flowers, crocheting, cooking and doing puzzles. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, LeeRoy; a brother, Monroe Green; a sister, Dorotha McClendon; and an infant sister. Survivors include 2 sons, Jim Monroe and wife Sandy of Houston, TX and Tom Monroe of Duncan, OK; a daughter, Joy Ann Glenn and husband Richard of Temple; a brother, Jerl Green and wife Velda of Marlow, OK; 8 grandchildren and spouses, Vicki and Allen Scoggin, Mike and Michelle Monroe, Brent and Carolyn Davis, Stacey and Rick D'Antoni, Kevin and Syvonna Davis, Randy and Cyndi Monroe, Tim and Tiff Glenn, and Phillip Glenn; 14 great grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren, other relatives and many friends.