Mrs. Bertha Lee Rutland, 100 years of age, born on January 11, 1919. She departed this life on Friday, September 20, 2019. Funeral services will be held on Friday, September 27, 2019, at 11:00 a.m., Sixteenth Street Baptist Church, 1530 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, AL 35203. Family Hour will be held on Thursday, September 26, 2019, from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Smith & Gaston Funeral Home, 102 6th Avenue S.W. Birmingham, AL 35211.