Mildred Carithers Bergh, age 99, passed away on February 21, 2022. She was born in Comer, Georgia, to Allen Candler Carithers and Ora Key Carithers on September 6, 1922. After attending the University of Georgia and Johns Hopkins University, she and her husband moved first to Pensacola, Florida and then to Orange Park, Florida, where they lived for thirteen years. In the early sixties, she moved away from Orange Park and eventually settled in Athens, Georgia, nearer her roots and the University of Georgia, where she raised and educated her six children as a single mom.
After the last of her children were educated, Mrs. Bergh went to work for Athens Regional Hospital as a secretary in the operating room. Affectionately known as "Mom" by her coworkers, she developed friendships that lasted a lifetime.
Mrs. Bergh was a wonderful mother. Her children's friends gravitated to the warmth, humor and good food that could always be found at the Bergh house. She instilled in all her children a profound sense of honor, morality, and courage both through her words and through her example.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Kathleen Harper, Ida Merla Westbrook, and Wylleen Dickerson and a son (Allen) and grandson (Cliff). She is survived by her children: Barbara Adams (Gene) of Overland Park, Kansas; Marcus Bergh (Olivia) of Brentwood, Tennessee; John Bergh of Richmond, Texas; Donna Rissman (Steve) of Windermere, Florida; Susan Barrett (John) of Athens, Georgia; and Pam Woodruff (Jack) of Jupiter, Florida. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
After the last of her children were educated, Mrs. Bergh went to work for Athens Regional Hospital as a secretary in the operating room. Affectionately known as "Mom" by her coworkers, she developed friendships that lasted a lifetime.
Mrs. Bergh was a wonderful mother. Her children's friends gravitated to the warmth, humor and good food that could always be found at the Bergh house. She instilled in all her children a profound sense of honor, morality, and courage both through her words and through her example.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Kathleen Harper, Ida Merla Westbrook, and Wylleen Dickerson and a son (Allen) and grandson (Cliff). She is survived by her children: Barbara Adams (Gene) of Overland Park, Kansas; Marcus Bergh (Olivia) of Brentwood, Tennessee; John Bergh of Richmond, Texas; Donna Rissman (Steve) of Windermere, Florida; Susan Barrett (John) of Athens, Georgia; and Pam Woodruff (Jack) of Jupiter, Florida. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
Mildred Carithers Bergh, age 99, passed away on February 21, 2022. She was born in Comer, Georgia, to Allen Candler Carithers and Ora Key Carithers on September 6, 1922. After attending the University of Georgia and Johns Hopkins University, she and her husband moved first to Pensacola, Florida and then to Orange Park, Florida, where they lived for thirteen years. In the early sixties, she moved away from Orange Park and eventually settled in Athens, Georgia, nearer her roots and the University of Georgia, where she raised and educated her six children as a single mom.
After the last of her children were educated, Mrs. Bergh went to work for Athens Regional Hospital as a secretary in the operating room. Affectionately known as "Mom" by her coworkers, she developed friendships that lasted a lifetime.
Mrs. Bergh was a wonderful mother. Her children's friends gravitated to the warmth, humor and good food that could always be found at the Bergh house. She instilled in all her children a profound sense of honor, morality, and courage both through her words and through her example.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Kathleen Harper, Ida Merla Westbrook, and Wylleen Dickerson and a son (Allen) and grandson (Cliff). She is survived by her children: Barbara Adams (Gene) of Overland Park, Kansas; Marcus Bergh (Olivia) of Brentwood, Tennessee; John Bergh of Richmond, Texas; Donna Rissman (Steve) of Windermere, Florida; Susan Barrett (John) of Athens, Georgia; and Pam Woodruff (Jack) of Jupiter, Florida. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
After the last of her children were educated, Mrs. Bergh went to work for Athens Regional Hospital as a secretary in the operating room. Affectionately known as "Mom" by her coworkers, she developed friendships that lasted a lifetime.
Mrs. Bergh was a wonderful mother. Her children's friends gravitated to the warmth, humor and good food that could always be found at the Bergh house. She instilled in all her children a profound sense of honor, morality, and courage both through her words and through her example.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sisters: Kathleen Harper, Ida Merla Westbrook, and Wylleen Dickerson and a son (Allen) and grandson (Cliff). She is survived by her children: Barbara Adams (Gene) of Overland Park, Kansas; Marcus Bergh (Olivia) of Brentwood, Tennessee; John Bergh of Richmond, Texas; Donna Rissman (Steve) of Windermere, Florida; Susan Barrett (John) of Athens, Georgia; and Pam Woodruff (Jack) of Jupiter, Florida. She is also survived by sixteen grandchildren and twenty great-grandchildren.
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