Thelma Lou “Sally” Bullock, age 83, passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at Samaritan Medical Center in Watertown.
There will be calling hours for Sally on Wednesday, July 27th from 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. at French Funeral Home, Edwards. Her funeral service will be on Thursday, July 28th at 11:00 a.m. at the Edwards United Methodist Church. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery in Edwards.
Sally was born on September 7, 1932 in Heuvelton, NY to the late Cecil and Cecile (Woodrow) Smith. She attended Elm Creek Rural School in Russell and then graduated from Knox Memorial Central School. Sally then attended one year at St. Lawrence University. She married Clifford B. Bullock on October 19, 1950 at the Gouverneur Methodist Parsonage. The couple owned and operated Willow Shade Dairy Farm for many years.
She was a former Secretary and Treasurer of the St. Lawrence Valley Ayrshire Club, a member of the AFS, a former Scottish Angels 4-H Leader, a former member of the Edwards PTA and a Sunday school teacher. She enjoyed cooking, baking, crafting and traveling.
Sally is survived by her husband, Clifford of Edwards; two sons and their wives, William and Sheila Bullock and Larry and Deborah Bullock all of Edwards; three daughters and their husbands, Joanne and Richard Lynn of West Cornwall, CT, Barbara and Charles Newcombe of Edwards and Carole and David LaVoie of Fulton. Sally is also survived by 17 grandchildren, of whom they raised their granddaughter, Brenda Coronato of Rayeford, NC; 3 step grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
She is predeceased by her parents and two brothers, William and Willard Smith; her grandfather who raised her, Willard Smith and step grandmother Mabel and her grandmother Maude Smith.
Donations may be made in Sally’s memory to the Edwards United Methodist Church or to the Edwards Volunteer Rescue Squad.