Gladys was born in Kansas according to the 1940 census. She died in 1997 according to her tombstone on Find a Grave. She is buried with her husband in Llano Cemetery in Amarillo, Texas.[1]
↑Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 26 April 2020), memorial page for Gladys V Ely (3 Jul 1900–8 Sep 1997), Find A Grave: Memorial #19705512, citing Llano Cemetery, Amarillo, Randall County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Walter Dunn (contributor 46835578).
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HNBH-NN2 : accessed 24 April 2020), Gladys Ely in household of James C Ely, Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 18, sheet 4A, line 42, family 103, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2384; FHL microfilm 2,342,118.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K43M-LMG : 22 December 2019), Gladys V Ely in household of James C Ely, Amarillo, Justice Precinct 1, Potter, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 188-33, sheet 27A, line 6, family 660, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4124.
"United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JLNP-5X7 : 20 May 2014), Gladys V Ely, 08 Sep 1997; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
"Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JV59-X48 : 5 December 2014), Gladys Virginia Ely, Potter, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
Evidence of maiden name on childs birth certificate: "Texas Birth Certificates, 1903-1935," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXM8-13C : 4 April 2020), Gladys Wright in entry for Gwendolyn Rhea Ely, 30 Mar 1926; citing Amarillo, Potter, Texas, United States, certificate 19809, Texas Department of Health, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,240,080.
See also:
Bell, Geta Gina Bells in U. S. A. and Allied Families 1650-1977 (privately published, 1977) As of Jun 2021, this book is not available online due to copyright Bell Family on Wayback machine Note: The web version is excerpted from a longer document provided by June Smith. A lot of the material in it also appears in Fred Hawthorne's database.