Susie Myrtle Todd, 80, of Columbia, KY passed from this life on Sunday, March 9, 2025 at Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital in Somerset. She was born in Creelsboro on April 8, 1944, a daughter of the late James Earl “Cedric” and Jessie Marie George Birdwell.
She worked many years as a nurse’s aid in nursing homes, worked at the sewing factory and for a while as a cook.
Ms. Susie would be “up with the chickens and to bed with the roosters”, she loved drinking coffee and eating cookies. She enjoyed listening to the radio but hated TV and wanted to be outside. She loved to go rock hunting and finding shapes in the clouds. Ms. Susie enjoyed gardening and the beauty of flowers. She liked to be on the go, whether it was riding along the creek or getting out to go yard sale-ing where she could hunt for new pieces of jewelry. Ms. Susie read books, worked puzzle books and loved to color.
SURVIVORS:
1 son: Randall Selby of Columbia
1 daughter: Susan Gunter (and Michael Pike) of Columbia
1 sister: Mae Rexroat of Columbia
2 granddaughters: Jessica Bales and Tiffany Bales, both of Elizabethtown
1 stepson: Dan Selby of Louisville
Several nieces & nephews
Along with her parents, Ms. Susie was preceded in death by her husband, George Curtis Todd; her son, James Ralph Selby; her brothers, David Birdwell, Phillip Birdwell, Joe Birdwell and William Birdwell; and her sisters, Eva Ray Garner and Mattie Guffey.
A graveside service will be held 10:00 a.m., Wednesday, March 12, 2025, at Grider Cemetery, with Bro. Bobby Bow officiating.
Bernard Funeral Home is entrusted with the arrangements. An online obituary is available at www.bernardfuneralhome.com.
