Bertha Alice Nicholson, 90, of Henderson, Kentucky, passed away Monday, January 6, 2025, at Redbanks Nursing Home.

She was born in Henderson County, Kentucky, on May 8, 1934, to the late Walter Lilburn Melton and Carolyn Mae Moore Elmeier.  Bertha was a member of Hyland Baptist Church.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Donnetta; her second husband, Charles William Nicholson; her son, Robert Lilburn Donnetta; and two brothers, William Albert Melton and Fred Ellis.

Survivors include two daughters, Anna Gibbs and Rita Clement and her husband, Kenneth, both of Henderson, Kentucky; six grandchildren, Sam Donnetta, Chuck Donnetta and his wife, Wendy, Justin Cornelius and his wife, Jessica, Amy Robison, Christina Stinson, and Sarah Jacobi and her husband, Jonathan; 13 great-grandchildren; five great-great-grandchildren; and nieces and nephews.

Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, January 11, 2025, at Rudy-Rowland Funeral Home.  The Reverend Tim Shockley will officiate.  Private family burial will be in Roselawn Memorial Gardens.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, January 10, 2025, and 10 a.m. until service time Saturday at the funeral home.

Pallbearers will be Sam Donnetta, Chuck Donnetta, Justin Cornelius, Jake Robison, Alex Stinson, and Drew Jacobi.

Contributions may be made to St. Anthony's Hospice.

Bertha's family would like to thank Redbanks Nursing Home for their exceptional care.

Online condolences may be made at www.rudyrowland.com.