Turner, Gladys Davis
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1905 - 1986
Gladys Davis Turner was born on January 30, 1905, near Centerville, Alabama, to Annie Corolin Wallace Davis and Thomas Jefferson Davis. Gladys was the oldest of the four Davis children. (Four children died in infancy.) Thomas Jefferson Davis was born in Perry County, Alabama, in 1868. He died of cerebral hemorrhage in Selma on December 2, 1924. Annie Corolin Davis was born in Oklahoma Territory on January 6, 1879, and died in Selma, Alabama, of complications of a stroke on November 12, 1953. Both are buried in New Live Oak Cemetery in Selma, Alabama.
Gladys recorded her first reading for Edgar Cayce on August 30, 1923 (3875-1), and a second reading on September 5, 1923 (779-3), prior to her first official day of work for Gertrude and Edgar Cayce on September 10, 1923. The entire collection (14,308 readings) passed through her hands at least four times during her lifetime. Additionally, Edgar Cayce dictated to her more than 100,000 pages of personal correspondence. Gladys created the subject matter index and subject matter cross-referencing of the Edgar Cayce readings, also weaving together the historical events and context and all personal relationships of the people and groups connected to Edgar Cayce throughout his long career. She established the Edgar Cayce Foundation alongside Hugh Lynn and Edgar Evans Cayce in 1948.
Gladys married Albert E. Turner (1907-1968) in A.R.E. member Lydia Schrader Gray's apartment on July 20, 1952. They met in 1950 when Al traveled from Philadelphia to Virginia Beach to study the Cayce material on religion and the Bible. At A.R.E. Headquarters, he led the weekly "Revelation" study class and co-led the weekly Prayer-for-Healing group. He was a member of the Society of Friends and worked as a stock broker and a real estate operator. He died on June 27, 1968.
On February 10, 1975, Gladys married Leslie Seward Wilmore (1913-1982). Born in Mountain View, Oklahoma, he was a farmer and rancher who lived in Virginia Beach for the last twenty-five years of his life. He died on August 6, 1982.
Gladys died in Virginia Beach on February 12, 1986.
Gladys recorded her first reading for Edgar Cayce on August 30, 1923 (3875-1), and a second reading on September 5, 1923 (779-3), prior to her first official day of work for Gertrude and Edgar Cayce on September 10, 1923. The entire collection (14,308 readings) passed through her hands at least four times during her lifetime. Additionally, Edgar Cayce dictated to her more than 100,000 pages of personal correspondence. Gladys created the subject matter index and subject matter cross-referencing of the Edgar Cayce readings, also weaving together the historical events and context and all personal relationships of the people and groups connected to Edgar Cayce throughout his long career. She established the Edgar Cayce Foundation alongside Hugh Lynn and Edgar Evans Cayce in 1948.
Gladys married Albert E. Turner (1907-1968) in A.R.E. member Lydia Schrader Gray's apartment on July 20, 1952. They met in 1950 when Al traveled from Philadelphia to Virginia Beach to study the Cayce material on religion and the Bible. At A.R.E. Headquarters, he led the weekly "Revelation" study class and co-led the weekly Prayer-for-Healing group. He was a member of the Society of Friends and worked as a stock broker and a real estate operator. He died on June 27, 1968.
On February 10, 1975, Gladys married Leslie Seward Wilmore (1913-1982). Born in Mountain View, Oklahoma, he was a farmer and rancher who lived in Virginia Beach for the last twenty-five years of his life. He died on August 6, 1982.
Gladys died in Virginia Beach on February 12, 1986.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
123 Questions and Answers from the Edgar Cayce Clairvoyant Readings, 1966
Item
Identifier: Item 48:28
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1966
123 Questions and Answers from the Edgar Cayce Readings, 1974
Item
Identifier: Item 50:21
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1974
123 Questions and Answers Selected from the Edgar Cayce Readings, 1972
Item
Identifier: Item 49:17
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1972
contracts [film], 1969 - 1973
File
Identifier: Folder 29:1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The collection is primarily composed of paper materials, including correspondence, legal papers, and publications. Other materials include artifacts, certificates, news clippings, photographs, and audio-visual materials. The Hugh Lynn Cayce series comprises the majority of the collection.
Dates:
Other: 1969 - 1973
Found in:
The Edgar Cayce Foundation
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Coll. 1, Cayce Family Collection
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Hugh Lynn Cayce
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Professional
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Film
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Box 29
Edgar Cayce Foundation Special Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 37
Scope and Contents
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1884 - 2016
Gladys Davis Turner Collection
Collection
Identifier: Coll. 8
Scope and Contents
This collection includes both professional and personal papers of Gladys Davis Turner, Edgar Cayce's long-time stenographer and secretary and co-founder of the Edgar Cayce Foundation in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1889 - 1986
His Own Country, 1949
Item
Identifier: Item 47:9
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1949
interview transcripts, 1964
File
Identifier: Folder 1:2-1:4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
Collection includes writings by David E. Kahn about his friendship with Edgar Cayce and transcripts of oral interviews conducted in preparation for author Will Oursler to write David E. Kahn's biography, published in 1970.
Dates:
1964
One Hundred Questions and Answers from the Edgar Cayce Clairvoyant Readings, 1958
Item
Identifier: Item 47:24
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection includes books, circulating files, pamphlets, and research bulletins published by the Association for Research and Enlightenment and the Edgar Cayce Foundation. In addition, it contains books collected by the Cayce family, publications related to those who received readings from Mr. Cayce, and manuscripts both published and unpublished related to the Cayce readings and/or Edgar Cayce's life.
Dates:
1958
report [Recommendations on Acquiring Stock], 1955
File
Identifier: Folder 41:7
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
This collection consists of administrative records, publications, research data, and audio-visual materials that document the development and activities of the Association for Research and Enlightenment in Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Dates:
1955