Gordy, Bertha Ida (née Fuller)

Identifier
DBB-PER-01617
Given Name
Bertha Ida
Family Name
Gordy
Alternate Name
Bertha Ida Fuller
Gender
Female
Birth Year
1899
Death Year
1975
Description
Mother of Motown Records founder; proprietor of a grocery store in Detroit.
Migration Origin
Sandersville, Georgia
Related Person
Gordy, Berry Sr. (Pop)
Gordy, Bertha Ida (née Fuller)
Affiliation

This person was affiliated with the following organization(s):

Booker T. Washington Grocery and Meat Market
Role: Owner and/or Operator (co-owner with husband Berry Gordy Sr.)
Book Pages

This person, their family, or their business appears in the book Freedom Enterprise on page(s): 108, 135, 136, 137xii, 108, 109, 110, 135, 136.
References

"The Gordy Family: Following the North Star," Motown Museum, https://www.motownmuseum.org/legacy/the-gordy-family/.

Bertha Ida Fuller Gordy memorial, Find A Grave database, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40676238/bertha_ida-gordy.

"Gordy Family," Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordy_family.
Documentation
Freedom Enterprise, xii (Booker T. Washington Grocery)
Title
Gordy, Bertha Ida (née Fuller)
Resource class
Person