Bertha Harrell Hooper

Bertha was born to Alexander Harrell and Emma Mead Harrell on February 22, 1902 in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. She died on August 28, 1990 in Chicago.  Sometime between the late 1920s and the mid-1930s, Bertha, Warner, and Henry left the Deep South. Bertha settled in Chicago, Illinois, while Warner and Henry moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. They left behind segregation and poverty for new opportunities. Once she settled in and found a job to support herself she extended her home to other family members who wanted to leave the Deep South. In response to her offer, several of her brother Palmer's daughters moved north. Her summer vacation was spent visiting relatives in Tangipahoa and New Orleans. She did not have any children. She sent boxes of clothes, shoes, sweaters, and coats back home to her brothers Jasper and Palmer to help them. They both had large families and Bertha helped them in any way she could. Her nieces and nephews received boxes of clothes and other items from her. The members of her family adored her. Bertha's nieces and nephews loved her.

As she aged, nieces Audrey and Bobbie took care of her. After she passed away her great-nephew Arthur Hickerson, owner of Heritage Funeral Home in New Orleans made arrangements to bring her remains back to Tangipahoa Parish. She is buried with her parents and siblings in Big Zion AME Zion Cemetery in Roseland, Louisiana.