Pearl Virginia Bruce Trim Netherton

© Enid News and Eagle

10-11-2005

Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Pearl Virginia (Trim) Bruce Netherton, 93, child care-giver and long-time active member of Calvary Baptist Church, died October 7, 2005 at Golden Oaks Nursing Center. She had been a resident of Enid for over 60 years.

Pearl was born February 8, 1912 in Clyde, TX, to William Robert “Billy Bob’’ and Veleria (Copeland) Trim. She married Clyde “Curly’’ Oliver Bruce from Garber, OK, on February 28, 1935. At that time Clyde was working in Jacksonville, TX, and their first child, Claudette, was born there. They then moved to Seagraves, TX, where their son, Carl, was born. Soon after, the family moved to Enid and made it their home. Once settled in Enid, Pearl began serving in the nursery at Calvary Baptist Church, and out of that experience she began to care for children in her home. She eventually started a child care center that continued for many years. Her husband Clyde died November 13, 1964. Pearl married Truman Herbert “Herb’’ Netherton March 18, 1972. Eventually they moved to Golden Oaks, where they attended Sunday chapel service regularly, and Pearl stayed active by playing dominos, attending meetings at the Enid Senior Center, participating in exercise classes and many other activities.

Pearl was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers; two sisters and her two husbands, Clyde Bruce and Herb Netherton. She is survived by a daughter and her husband, Claudette and Jerome Lake, Alexandria, VA; son Carl Wesley Bruce, Wichita, KS; step-son Clyde Wayne Bruce, Borger, TX; step-son and his wife, Truman and Virginia Netherton, Burlington, MA; step-daughter and her husband Janet and Rev. Floyd Churn, Princeton Junction, NJ; grandchildren Judy (Lake) Wasserman, San Antonio, TX; Jay Lake, Phoenix, AZ; Chip Lake, Alexandria, VA; and Lara (Bruce) Battleson, Winston-Salem, NC; great-grandchildren Jennalee, John and Nathan Wasserman; Joshua and Jennifer Lake, Seth and Sundae Battleson; brother Lawrence Trim, Elkhart, TX; sister, Annie Kizer, Palestine, TX; brother-in-law Junior Crabtree, Enid; and numerous nieces and nephews.

A memorial service will be held 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 12, 2005 at Anderson-Burris Funeral Home Chapel. Burial will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery.

Memorials may be made through the funeral home to OMRF – Cancer Division.

|Memorial Park Cemetery Page| |Garfield County Cemetery Page| |Home|

---

This site may be freely linked, but not duplicated in any way without consent.
All rights reserved! Commercial use of material within this site is prohibited!
© 2000-2024 Oklahoma Cemeteries

The information on this site is provided free for the purpose of researching your genealogy. This material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for your own research, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The information contained in this site may not be copied to any other site without written "snail-mail" permission. If you wish to have a copy of a donor's material, you must have their permission. All information found on these pages is under copyright of Oklahoma Cemeteries. This is to protect any and all information donated. The original submitter or source of the information will retain their copyright. Unless otherwise stated, any donated material is given to Oklahoma Cemeteries to make it available online. This material will always be available at no cost, it will always remain free to the researcher.