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==Biography==

==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.<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 brother, Phil Allan Bertram (1941-2025), was 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>His nephew, Allan Ray Bertram, son of Phil Allan Bertram, is also a judge in Campbellsville.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pmg-ky2.com/cknj/obituaries/phil-allan-bertram/article_e871854e-e5ac-57c1-8845-2229e24470b1.html|title=Phil Allan Bertram obituary|publisher=pmg-ky2.com|date=December 1, 2025|accessdate=December 4, 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>

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>