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Bernice Beatrice Allred[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  1932 -

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• Birth	15 Mar 1932	Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA   [2, 4, 5]
  Gender	Female
  honors	1963	Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA   [6]
  	Sustained Superior Performance
  Occupation	1957-1966	Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA   [4, 6, 7]
  	Personnel Staffing Specialist Bd. of U.S. Civil Service Examiners
  	Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) (November 2006) Transition from backwoods forest to a high-density industrial complex defines the life span of Anniston Army Depot. But it only hints at the diverse and wide-ranging missions that have marked over a half century of patriotic service to the Nation and to the men and women of our Armed Services. In March 1940, the War Department began planning construction of an Army Ordnance Depot in northeast Alabama. In June 1940, preliminary steps were taken to establish a depot in the Anniston area. An initial 10,640 acre tract was acquired on 7 November 1940. This and subsequent land acquisitions increased the depot to its present size of 15,000 acres. Then, in February 1941, construction began on the first 500 ammunition storage igloos, along with six standard magazines, 20 warehouses, and several administrative buildings. The installation was officially designated the Anniston Ordnance Depot (AOD) in accordance with War Department General Order No. 11, dated 14 October 1941. From an initial work force of four in September 1941, it grew to 4,339 by November 1942. The land area expanded from 10,040 acres to 15,000 and the cost rose from $12 million to $14 million. In 1952, the depot was assigned a maintenance mission for the overhaul and repair of combat vehicles. This mission continued to expand until it covered the repair, overhaul and modification of anti-aircraft and mobile artillery, including the 280mm cannon, fire control material, and the many and varied aspects of the tank repair program. By the mid-50s, the depot had come of age. But the missions were rapidly changing as the Army upgraded its older weaponry and developed new weapon systems. With the advent of the '60s, the depot was involved with the M47, M48, M48A1 and M48A2C tank programs. Reconditioning programs also included the M48A1, M56, M59, M42, M19, M47 and the M38A1-D vehicles. On 1 August 1962, the installation was renamed Anniston Army Depot, a Class II installation under the jurisdiction of the Army Materiel Command (AMC). The maintenance and storage of chemical munitions began in 1963 and will continue until all the munitions are disposed of in accordance with the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC).
  honors	1970	Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA   [6]
  	Sustained Superior Performance
  Occupation	1966-1973	Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA   [4, 7]
  	Personnel Management Specialist
  	Beginning in the early '70s, overhaul of the M551 Sheridan tank commenced. In 1975, the depot was selected to overhaul and convert the M48A1 to the M48A5 model, and in 1979 the depot started the M60A1 to M60A3 conversion program. Then in 1976, Anniston Army Depot, along with all other Army depots, became a part of the U.S. Army Depot System Command (DESCOM). Subsequently, in 1995, another merger occurred which abolished DESCOM and established the Industrial Operations Command (IOC) which, at that time, became the depot's next higher headquarters and a major subordinate command (MACOM) of the U.S. Army Materiel Command (AMC). Because of our highly industrialized operations, we also generate a significant amount of hazardous materials. Long before many of today's environmental regulatory requirements were put into effect, the depot, of its own volition, began to seek more environmentally safe ways of doing business. In recent years, over $60 million dollars has been spent on environmental restoration and environmentally-improved facility projects and programs. Substantial additional dollars will be spent in the years ahead.
  Occupation	1973-1974	Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA   [1, 4, 6]
  	Tech Servics Officer, Department of the Army
  	It was about this time she began work on the military's first automated (computerized) civilian personnel system. She spent about six months in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey at the beginning as part of a team that designed and implimented the system. She implimented it in Huntsville, and then in Mannheim and Darmstadt, and it is now used worldwide. It was for this work she is listed in Who's Who.
  Occupation	1974-1979	Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	Personnel Management Specialist, Department of the Army
  honors	1982	Manheim, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [6]
  	Oustanding Performance
  Occupation	1979-1983	Manheim, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany   [4, 6]
  	Supervisory Personnel Management Specialist, U.S. Army
  honors	1985	Darmstadt, , Hessen, Germany   [6]
  	Commander's Award
  honors	1986	Darmstadt, , Hessen, Germany   [6]
  	Certificate of Achievement
  honors	1986	Fort Ritchie, Maryland   [6]
  	Manager of the Quarter
  Occupation	1983-1986	Darmstadt, , Hessen, Germany   [4, 6]
  	Technical Services Officer, U.S. Army
  Residence	Abt 1979-1986	Germany   [8]
  Occupation	1986-1987	Fort Ritchie, Washington, Maryland, USA   [4, 6, 9]
  	Supervisory Personnel Management Specialist, Department of the Army
  	Fort Ritchie is a 638 acre Army post in the hills near the Pennsylvania/Maryland border. It was officially closed in 1998, and is in transition. A development company is awaiting transfer, clean-up, and conversion, though the military still uses the facility for reservists. A proposal to headquarter the new Office of Homeland Security at the site was rejected. Much of the mission of the base was taken over by Fort Detrick, MD. One of the missions of Fort Ritchie was as the support facility for Site R, otherwise known as Raven Rock, an underground command center for the Pentagon, located underneath 650 acres, near the Fort. Site R is officially called the Alternate Joint Communications Center. Representatives of all the military departments and the Joint Chiefs of Staff for the federal government were said to have been (and may still be) located here as a contingency against a wipeout of the command structure in the event of a nuclear war. A new tenant is the Defense Information Systems Agency, Western Hemisphere, which reportedly operates the communication and command center located in 265,000 square foot bunker.
  Education	1990	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	Alabama A&M University
  Biographical	1990	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	was a member of the local group Master Gardners
  Residence	Aft 1990	Ohatchee, Calhoun County, Alabama, USA
  	82 Ty Place
  		Ellis → Bernice - home Ohatchee, Alabama
  		Ellis → Bernice - home Ohatchee, Alabama
  Biographical	1990-1992	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	was a member of the Huntsville Wildflower Association
  Biographical	1989-1992	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	was a volunteer for Huntsville Botanical Gardens
  Education	1993	Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	Gadsden State Community College
  Biographical	1990-1993	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	was a member of the state and local Master Gardeners Association
  honors	1994  [6]
  	demonstrating outstanding achievement and contributing significantly to the betterment of contemporary society by Marquis Who's Who
  	The Marquis Who's Who certification board authorized that Bernice Allred Ellis is a subject of biographical record in Who's Who in America 1994, inclusion in which is limited to those individuals who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in their own field of endeavor and who have thereby contributed significantly to the betterment of contemporary society."
  		ellis-bernice_whos_who_article.jpg Ohatchee, Alabama
  Occupation	1994-1995	Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	tax preparer for H&R Block
  Occupation	1995-1996	Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA   [4]
  	tax preparer for Etowah Chem.
  Biographical	2000-2001  [4]
  	was listed in Who's Who of American Women Millenium Edition
  Person ID	I3	If the Legends Are True...
  Last Modified	04 Jun 2009
  Father	Bernard Bobo Allred,   b. 17 Feb 1908, Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA ,   d. 5 Oct 1991, St. Clair County, Alabama, USA
  Mother	Helen Lucille Hogue,   b. 24 Jan 1911, Gadsden, Etowah, Alabama, USA ,   d. 12 Sep 2000, Talladega, Talladega, Alabama, USA
  Biographical	were married by Reverend R. C. Nelson
  History	Mar 1966	Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA
  	we learned that we, the land, and the water, had been poisoned
  Land Relinquish	17 Mar 1978	Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA
  	for $100 and other valuable considerations to son Guy H. Allred and wife 25 acres
  Photos		Allred → Bernard & Lucille Lincoln, Alabama
  Family ID	F3	Group Sheet
  Family 1	Jay Henry Canada,   b. 21 Dec 1930, Patterson Place, Clay County, Alabama, USA ,   d. 6 Sep 1996, University of Alabama Hospital, Birmingham, Jefferson, Alabama, USA
  Married	13 Feb 1951	Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, USA   [1, 10]
  	Married by Joe Martin, Minister. Marriage recorded in Talladega Court House, Marriaage License Record Book 14, Page 441. Uncle Pat – 2002
  		Canada → J & Bernice with Craig In front of Bernard & Lucille Allred's home.
  Divorced	Abt 1973
  Children	1. Jeffrey Craig Canada,   b. 7 Mar 1955, Citizens Hospital, Talladega, Alabama, USA
  Last Modified	04 Jun 2009
  Family ID	F1	Group Sheet
  Family 2	George McCrone
  Married	Y  [5]
  Divorced	Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F184	Group Sheet
  Family 3	Leonard Ellis
  Married	9 Mar 1977	Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA   [5]
  Last Modified	17 Jun 2007
  Family ID	F185	Group Sheet

• Event Map

  Event Birth - 15 Mar 1932 - Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA Married - 13 Feb 1951 - Jacksonville, Calhoun, Alabama, USA honors - Sustained Superior Performance - 1963 - Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA Occupation - Personnel Staffing Specialist Bd. of U.S. Civil Service Examiners - 1957-1966 - Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA History - we learned that we, the land, and the water, had been poisoned - Mar 1966 - Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA honors - Sustained Superior Performance - 1970 - Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA Occupation - Personnel Management Specialist - 1966-1973 - Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA Occupation - Tech Servics Officer, Department of the Army - 1973-1974 - Anniston Army Depot, Anniston, Calhoun, Alabama, USA Married - 9 Mar 1977 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA Land Relinquish - for $100 and other valuable considerations to son Guy H. Allred and wife 25 acres - 17 Mar 1978 - Lincoln, Talladega, Alabama, USA Occupation - Personnel Management Specialist, Department of the Army - 1974-1979 - Redstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA honors - Oustanding Performance - 1982 - Manheim, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany Occupation - Supervisory Personnel Management Specialist, U.S. Army - 1979-1983 - Manheim, , Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany honors - Commander's Award - 1985 - Darmstadt, , Hessen, Germany honors - Certificate of Achievement - 1986 - Darmstadt, , Hessen, Germany Occupation - Technical Services Officer, U.S. Army - 1983-1986 - Darmstadt, , Hessen, Germany Education - Alabama A&M University - 1990 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA Biographical - was a member of the local group Master Gardners - 1990 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA Biographical - was a member of the Huntsville Wildflower Association - 1990-1992 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA Biographical - was a volunteer for Huntsville Botanical Gardens - 1989-1992 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA Biographical - was a member of the state and local Master Gardeners Association - 1990-1993 - Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, USA  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth




• Photos		Ellis → Beauregard & Tiger
  		Allred → Bernice - 4 months Lincoln, Alabama
  		Allred → Audry & Bernice Lincoln, Alabama
  		Allred → Connie, Bernice, Lynn Ellis, Marie Odell, Bert Lincoln, Alabama
  		Canada → Jeff & Bernice Asbury Park, New Jersey
  Documents		Ellis → Bernice - passport back
  		Ellis → Bernice - Who's Who article Ohatchee, Alabama
  		Ellis→ Bernice - passport front
  Albums	Canada / Allred (24) The family of Jay Canada and Bernice Allred

• Sources

  [S2] Canada, Craig, J. Craig Canada. [S6] Carroll, Jett, Hogue, and Hampton, James Earl Ray, (P.O. Box 576, Cedar Bluff, AL. 35959), p. 31 (Reliability: 4). [S10] Allred Family Roster, Donald Clemont Allred, (Woodland Hills, California: Donald Clement Allred, 1988-2008), http://www.allredroster.com/scripts/foxweb.exe/allred/eni2?CW010101010601 (Reliability: 4). [S173] Who's Who of America Women, Marquis Who's Who, (New Providence, New Jersey: Reed Elsevier Inc., 2000), 360 (Reliability: 4). Millenium Edition [S244] Hoge, James - descendants, Jackie Crumley, (Anniston, Alabama: Jackie Crumley, Abt 2002). [S91] myself, J. Craig Canada, (Santa Cruz, California: 2006), Telephone Interview - 18 Jun 2002 (Reliability: 4). [S177] Anniston Army Depot, Anniston Army Depot, (Anniston, Alabama: Anniston Army Depot, 6 Feb 07), History (Reliability: 4). [S2] Canada, Craig, J. Craig Canada, Note on photograph from mother (Reliability: 4). [S174] Center for Land Use Interpretation, (Culver City, California: Tilted Planet, 2006), http://ludb.clui.org/ex/i/MD3140/ (Reliability: 4). [S19] Uncle Pat, gedcom, Duncan Patterson Canada (compiler), (Oakridge, Tennessee: 27 Feb 2002), dpcnew.ged (Reliability: 3).

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