Bernice Sims Perry
Morehouse Training School to Hollywood
Morehouse Training School to Hollywood
Mrs. Bernice Sims Perry, also known as Mrs. Lincoln Theodore Perry (Stepin Fetchit), attended Morehouse Parish Training School. She is the sister of Mrs. Ellis Kyles of Mer Rouge and the aunt of Wilmer Kyles of Bastrop. Mrs. Bernice Sims Perry’s connection to Morehouse Parish Training School highlights her roots before she became associated with Hollywood. Mrs. Perry is the daughter of the late Harvey Sims once well-known farm owner in Mer Rouge close to the Walter Dickerson community.
Source: The Bastrop Daily Enterprise, October 23, 1951, Page 15.
Source: The Bastrop Daily Enterprise, October 23, 1951, Page 15.