Lydie Strother Clary was born on 5 November 1922 in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina.
1 She died on 18 March 2008, at age 85, in Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina. She was buried in Rosemont Cemetery, Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina.
1 Lydie Strother Clary was a Teacher.
2 She was educated Newberry College.
2 Lydie Clary Bergen, 85, of 2221 Wells Park Drive, Newberry, wife of Earl H. Bergen, Jr., died Tuesday, March 18, 2008 at Springfield Place in Newberry.
Mrs. Bergen was born on November 5, 1922 in Newberry a daughter of the late Johnson Hagood and Mamie Strother Clary, Sr.
She was a 1943 graduate of Newberry College and taught school in Ridgeland and John's Island. She started Bergen's Ladies Shop and retired after 25 years with the business. At the time of her retirement, it was the largest retail clothing store in Newberry. She was a member of First Baptist Church.
She is survived by her husband of Newberry; two daughters and sons in law, Jeannette and Sandy Kirkland of Winston, GA and Linda and Tommy Herndon of Prosperity; a son and daughter in law, Earl and Catherine Bergen, III of Guyton, GA; two sisters, Helen Epting of Columbia and Cornelia Burr of Gaithersburg, MD; seven grandchildren, Thomas C. Herndon, Alex Kirkland, Mark Herndon, Clay Herndon, Arthur Kirkland, Nicole Bergen and Morgan Bergen; three great grandchildren, Zachery Herndon, Brennan Herndon and Alexander Blane Kirkland. She was predeceased by sisters, Pauline Clary and Allie Lou Hulsebus and brothers, Johnson H. Clary, Bennett Clary, Roy Clary and Charles Clary.
Funeral services were conducted at 2:00 P.M. Friday at First Baptist Church by the Rev. Dr. Kenneth Harmon. Interment was in Rosemont Cemetery.
Visitation was Thursday from 6:30 to 8:00 P.M. at the Whitaker Funeral Home, Newberry.
Casket bearers were the grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Sara Clark, Joan Hutchinsin, Sharon Brantley, Chuck Byrd, C. J. Garner, Dot Gladney, Jackie Hawkins, Evelyn Lake, Barbara Morris, Mauren O'Shields, Fairy Ouzts, Eddie Porter, Bobbie Joyce Smith.