Franklin-Catahoula County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....Berry, Velda "Bell" Rae Young November 20, 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/la/lafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dale Berry daleberry38@hotmail.com September 1, 2009, 10:43 pm The Franklin Sun; November 23, 2005 Funeral services for velda "Bell" Rae Berry, 73, of Wisner will be held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday) at South Central Baptist Church with Rev Larry Eubanks, the Rev. Thomas People, and the Rev. Woody Rimes officiating. Interment will follow at South Central Cemetery under the directions of Young's Community Memorial Funeral Home in Winnsboro. Mrs. Berry was born Sept. 15, 1932 in Ulitily, La. and passed away Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005 at St. Francis Medical Center in Monroe after a brief illness. She was a resident of Wisner, a secretary for the Franklin Parish School for 21 years, church secretary and Sunday school teacher for many years, and a member of the South Central Baptist Church. Mrs. Berry was preceded in death by her son, james Edward Berry; brother, John Young; and sister Dorothy Evans. Survivors include her husband, Dennis Berry, Wisner; three children, Dennis Ray Berry, Graettinger, Iowa; Carolyn Ann Martin, Gloster, La.; Amy Beasley, Colloerville, Tenn; four sisters, Willie Jean Edwards and Rose Mary McGowen, both of West Monroe; Eva "Fro" Davis, Neterland, Texas; Ann Taylor, Jonesville; one brother, David "Bud" Young, Pascagoula, Miss.; and nine grandchildren. Nephews will serve as pallbeares. Honorary pallbearers will be the deacons of South Central Baptist Church. In lieu of flowers, the family request that donations be made to the building fund at South Central Baptist Church. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/la/franklin/obits/b/berry493nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/lafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb