Gladys M. Berry
b. circa 1904
- Father: William Wallace Berry Jr. b. 6 March 1873
- Mother: Gladys Mary Kelsey b. circa 1877, d. 19 June 1955
- Gladys M. Berry was born circa 1904 in Virginia.
- William Wallace Berry Jr. and Gladys Mary Kelsey appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Bedford, Virginia, at Longwood Avenue. Other members of the household included Gladys M. Berry, John Clarke Berry. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
- She married Randall Davisson Taylor Elliott, son of Henry Randall Elliott and Elizabeth Taylor, circa 1926.
- Henry Randall Elliott and Elizabeth Taylor appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Washington, District of Columbia, at 3315 Farfield Street. Other members of the household included Gladys M. Berry, Randall Davisson Taylor Elliott.
- William Wallace Berry Jr. and Gladys Mary Kelsey appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Bedford, Virginia, at 727 Longwood Avenue. Other members of the household included Gladys M. Berry.
- She was a public school teacher, according to the 1940 census.
- She married Howell Finley Cooper.
- The following appeared on 20 June 1955 in The Progress-Index: Mrs. Gladys Mary Kelsey Berry, wife of the late William Wallace Berry, Sr. of Bedford, died yesterday afternoon at 6:10 o'clock in the home of her daughter, Mrs. Howell F. Cooper, 114 S. Market St., after a brief illness.
Mrs. Berry was a native and lifelong resident of Bedford, and a daughter of the late Oswald Walter and Roalie Blanche Bell Berry. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Howell F. Cooper of this city, one son, William Wallace Berry of Bedford, one foster son, John Clarke Berry of New Orleans La., two grandsons, Randall Taylor Elliott of Cleveland O., and William Wallace Berry Jr. of Bedford, two grand daughters, Elizabeth Langhorne Berry and Ann Frewen Berry, both of Bedford.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 3 o'clock in St. Johns Episcopal Church, Bedford. The Rev. William C. Marshall, a former rector of St. Johns Episcopal Church and the Rev. Mr. Beale, rector will officiate. Interment will be in Oakwood Cemetery, Bedford.
- Last Edited: 26 Sep 2012