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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.

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

articles, 1954

 File
Identifier: Folder 14:7
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: 1954

articles, 1957

 File
Identifier: Folder 15:10
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: 1957

articles [Edgar Cayce] reprints, 1961 - 1975

 File
Identifier: Folder 3:1
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: 1961 - 1975

articles [health] reprints, 1971

 File
Identifier: Folder 3:2
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: 1971

articles [metaphysics] reprints, 1950 - 1978

 File
Identifier: Folder 3:3
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: 1950 - 1978

articles [spirituality] reprints, 1951 - 1970

 File
Identifier: Folder 3:6
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: 1951 - 1970

conference publications, 1957

 File
Identifier: Folder 15:11
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: 1957

Congress publications, 1948

 File
Identifier: Folder 13:13
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: 1948

Congress publications, 1949

 File
Identifier: Folder 13:17
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: 1949

Congress publications, 1952

 File
Identifier: Folder 13A:13
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: 1952