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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.<ref>Judge George O. Bertram (1911-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref> His surviving brother, Phil Allan Bertram, is a Campbellsville attorney with the firm Bertram and Cox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lawyers.findlaw.com/kentucky/campbellsville/1355495_1/|title=Phil Allan Bertram|publisher=findlaw.com|accessdate=February 20, 2025}}</ref>

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.<ref>Judge George O. Bertram (1911-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed February 20, 2025.</ref> His surviving brother, Phil Allan Bertram, is a Campbellsville attorney with the firm Bertram and Cox.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lawyers.findlaw.com/kentucky/campbellsville/1355495_1/|title=Phil Allan Bertram|publisher=findlaw.com|accessdate=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>

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 [[J. Chester Badgett]] and [[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 in Campbellsville 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/>

Al Hardy, the former pastor of Good Hope Baptist Church in Campbellsville 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/>