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{{Infobox person
|name=George Barry Bertram, Sr.<br>
(Commonwealth's attorney and Southern Baptist layman in Campbellsville, Ketucky)
|image=Barry Bertram of KY.jpg
|birth_date=August 29, 1935
|birth_place=Campbellsville, [[Kentucky]]
|death_date=January 2, 2025 (aged 89)
|death_place=Campbellsville, Kentucky<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville
|spouse=Martha Pickett Bertram (married 1954-2022, her death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
John David Bertram<br>
George Barry “Chip” Bertram, Jr.<br>
Teri Anne Bertram Campbell<br>
Margaret Kathryn “Kathy” McCabe
|party=[[Democrat Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''George Barry Bertram, Sr.''', known as '''Barry Bertram''' (August 29, 1935 – January 2, 2025), was an [[attorney]] and elected commonwealth's prosecutor for the 11th Judicial District in his native Campbellsville, [[Kentucky]]. He was also active in civic affairs and various [[Christian]] institutions.
==Biography==
Bertram was one of three children of Judge George O. Bertram (1911-1997) and the former Golda Risen (1911-2002). His grandfather, Oscar B. Bertram (1875-1944), was also a judge. His surviving brother, Phil Allan Bertram, is a Campbellsville attorney. <ref>Judge George O. Bertram (1911-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref>
Bertram graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. For nineteen years, he was a trustee of [[Campbellsville University]] and a board member for thirty-four years of the Community Trust Bank. Formerly, the music director at Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Campbellsville, he later joined the Campbellsville Baptist Church, a [[Southern Baptist]] institution, formerly pastored by [[James Edward Jones]]. For nearly six decades, Bertram he was affiliated with the [[Gideons International]], the [[Bible]] distribution organization. For three years, he was the state Gideons president, and he attended fifty Gideons international conventions and frequently spoke in area churches about the importance of the organization.<ref name=obit>Barry Bertram, 89, Campbellsville, KY, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref>
Al Hardy, the former pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church and a Campbellsville University administrator, said that his friend Bertram had a quick wit. “It was really quite remarkable how quick a comeback he could come up with seeing how he kind of stumbled around while telling a story.” Current Campbellsville president Dr. Joseph Hopkins, said that he found Bertram "to be an excellent servant leader, both for us and the community ... He was a combination of uncommon intellect and kindness. I leaned on him as a source of wisdom.”<ref name=obit/>
Bertram was an active sportsman, a jogger, a tennis player, and a golfer. He was highly competitive and cultivated much respect on the Miller Park tennis courts in Campbellsville.<ref name=obit/>
In 1954, he wed the former Martha Pickett, who died in 2022. Bertram was survived by four children, John David Bertram and wife, Leah, of Campbellsville; George Barry “Chip” Bertram and wife, Carolyn, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee; Teri Anne Bertram Campbell and husband, Dale, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Margaret Kathryn “Kathy” McCabe and husband, Scott, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, and six grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>
Bertram died on the second day of 2025 and is interred with his family members at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville.<ref name=obit/> After his passing, he was honored through a resolution of the Kentucky State Senate.<ref>orig_bill.pdf, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertram, Barry}}
[[Category:Kentucky]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
|name=George Barry Bertram, Sr.<br>
(Commonwealth's attorney and Southern Baptist layman in Campbellsville, Ketucky)
|image=Barry Bertram of KY.jpg
|birth_date=August 29, 1935
|birth_place=Campbellsville, [[Kentucky]]
|death_date=January 2, 2025 (aged 89)
|death_place=Campbellsville, Kentucky<br>
'''Resting place''':<br>
Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville
|spouse=Martha Pickett Bertram (married 1954-2022, her death)<br>
'''Children''':<br>
John David Bertram<br>
George Barry “Chip” Bertram, Jr.<br>
Teri Anne Bertram Campbell<br>
Margaret Kathryn “Kathy” McCabe
|party=[[Democrat Party|Democrat]]
|religion=[[Southern Baptist]]
}}
'''George Barry Bertram, Sr.''', known as '''Barry Bertram''' (August 29, 1935 – January 2, 2025), was an [[attorney]] and elected commonwealth's prosecutor for the 11th Judicial District in his native Campbellsville, [[Kentucky]]. He was also active in civic affairs and various [[Christian]] institutions.
==Biography==
Bertram was one of three children of Judge George O. Bertram (1911-1997) and the former Golda Risen (1911-2002). His grandfather, Oscar B. Bertram (1875-1944), was also a judge. His surviving brother, Phil Allan Bertram, is a Campbellsville attorney. <ref>Judge George O. Bertram (1911-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref>
Bertram graduated from [[Vanderbilt University]] in [[Nashville]], [[Tennessee]]. For nineteen years, he was a trustee of [[Campbellsville University]] and a board member for thirty-four years of the Community Trust Bank. Formerly, the music director at Bible Baptist Tabernacle in Campbellsville, he later joined the Campbellsville Baptist Church, a [[Southern Baptist]] institution, formerly pastored by [[James Edward Jones]]. For nearly six decades, Bertram he was affiliated with the [[Gideons International]], the [[Bible]] distribution organization. For three years, he was the state Gideons president, and he attended fifty Gideons international conventions and frequently spoke in area churches about the importance of the organization.<ref name=obit>Barry Bertram, 89, Campbellsville, KY, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref>
Al Hardy, the former pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church and a Campbellsville University administrator, said that his friend Bertram had a quick wit. “It was really quite remarkable how quick a comeback he could come up with seeing how he kind of stumbled around while telling a story.” Current Campbellsville president Dr. Joseph Hopkins, said that he found Bertram "to be an excellent servant leader, both for us and the community ... He was a combination of uncommon intellect and kindness. I leaned on him as a source of wisdom.”<ref name=obit/>
Bertram was an active sportsman, a jogger, a tennis player, and a golfer. He was highly competitive and cultivated much respect on the Miller Park tennis courts in Campbellsville.<ref name=obit/>
In 1954, he wed the former Martha Pickett, who died in 2022. Bertram was survived by four children, John David Bertram and wife, Leah, of Campbellsville; George Barry “Chip” Bertram and wife, Carolyn, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee; Teri Anne Bertram Campbell and husband, Dale, of Nashville, Tennessee; and Margaret Kathryn “Kathy” McCabe and husband, Scott, of Old Hickory, Tennessee, and six grandchildren.<ref name=obit/>
Bertram died on the second day of 2025 and is interred with his family members at Brookside Cemetery in Campbellsville.<ref name=obit/> After his passing, he was honored through a resolution of the Kentucky State Senate.<ref>orig_bill.pdf, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bertram, Barry}}
[[Category:Kentucky]]
[[Category:Attorneys]]
[[Category:Southern Baptists]]
[[Category:Democrats]]