Newton County GaArchives Obituaries.....Berry, Mr. W. P. November 1907
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The Enterprise,  November 8, 1907
Prominent Citizen Dead
     Mr. W. P. Berry, aged 46 years, died at his home in Rocky Plains district 
last Friday evening at 9:20 o’clock after three weeks illness with typhoid 
fever, and his remains were carried to Cherokee, S. C., for interment on Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock, the same hour his step-son, Col. J. P. Cooley, was 
buried in this county at Salem.
     Mr. Berry purchased the old Stephenson plantation last spring and moved to 
Newton county from South Carolina. Although he had only resided here a few 
months, all who knew him were high in their praises of his true Christian 
character and gentlemanly bearing. He was a practical farmer and was preparing 
to reap a fine harvest on his plantation this fall.
     He is survived by his second wife and by four children of his second wife, 
three daughters and a son. We extend condolences to them in their hours of 
bereavement.

The Enterprise,  November 8, 1907
Tribute of Respect
     Mr. W. P. Berry, who was our beloved assistant superintendent and faithful 
member of County Line Church, has been called from our midst to join in the 
song of the Church Triumphant.
     We mourn his loss, but not as those who have no hope. We feel his mansion 
has been prepared and our hearts go out in sympathy to the bereaved wife and 
fatherless children. We commend them to Him who has promised to be a Father to 
the orphans and widows.
Therefore be it resolved:
1st- That in all the duties devolving upon him, he was ever true and faithful.
2nd- That he will be missed from our midst. His place in the Sabbath School; in 
society, and in the church, will be vacant. His mission with us was short but 
his memory we cherish.
3rd - That a page in our minutes be ascribed to his memory and that a copy of 
these resolutions be sent to the bereaved family and to The Enterprise.
County Line Sunday School.



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