From NKAA, Notable Kentucky African Americans Database (African American Women Veterans in and from Kentucky)
Military Branch
Women's Army Corps
Active Duty Entered
January 16, 1943
Active Duty Exit
August 23, 1943
Notes
Bernice May Coleman was born in Taylor Mines (Ohio County), KY, the daughter of Benjamin and Laura Coleman. The family was living in Beaver Dam when they were enumerated in the 1910 and 1920 U.S. Censuses. Bernice Smith is listed in the 1935 Owensboro city directory as the widow of Edward Smith. In the 1940 U.S. Census, she was living in Owensboro, KY caring for several children.
In 1943, she enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, OH, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. After her military service, she returned to Owensboro and married Rolland Carter. Bernice May Coleman Smith Carter died in Huntingburg, IN and is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro.
Sources: Bernice S. Coleman Carter at Find A Grave; Indiana Death Certificate #89-008209 in Ancestry; "Our men and women in service," The Messenger, 3/28/1943, p. 4; and Polk's Owensboro (Daviess County, KY.) City Directory, 1935, p. 199.
In 1943, she enlisted in the Army in Cincinnati, OH, according to her record in the National Archives, Access to Archival Databases. After her military service, she returned to Owensboro and married Rolland Carter. Bernice May Coleman Smith Carter died in Huntingburg, IN and is buried in the Elmwood Cemetery in Owensboro.
Sources: Bernice S. Coleman Carter at Find A Grave; Indiana Death Certificate #89-008209 in Ancestry; "Our men and women in service," The Messenger, 3/28/1943, p. 4; and Polk's Owensboro (Daviess County, KY.) City Directory, 1935, p. 199.
Kentucky County & Region
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| NKAA Source: National Archives, Access to Archival Databases (online) |
| NKAA Source: Ancestry (online) |
| NKAA Source: The Owensboro messenger (newspaper) |
| NKAA Source: Polk's Owensboro (Daviess County, KY.) city directory |
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“Carter, Bernice May Coleman Smith,” Notable Kentucky African Americans Database, accessed September 25, 2023, https://nkaa.uky.edu/nkaa/items/show/300004463.
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