Gladys Mary Kelsey

Gladys Mary Kelsey

• Father: Oswald Walter Kelsey
• Mother: Rosalie Blanche Bell

• Gladys Mary Kelsey was born circa 1877 in Bedford, Virginia.
• She married William Wallace Berry Jr., son of William Wallace Berry and Mary Annis Davis, on 14 June 1897 in Bedford, Virginia.
• William Wallace Berry Jr. registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Bedford, Virginia, while living with his wife Gladys on Longwood Avenue in Bedford, and employed there as a tobacco manufacturer.
• 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 John Clarke Berry and Gladys M. Berry. Also in the household was one female domestic servant.
• 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.
• Gladys Mary Kelsey died on 19 June 1955 in Petersburg, Virginia, at 114 South Market Street.
• She was interred after 19 June 1955 at Oakwood Cemetery, Bedford, Virginia.
• 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