Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BERRY, BURTON WESLEY JR. July 14, 2014
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News Star World -  July 16, 2014
BURTON WESLEY JR. BERRY

Funeral services for Burton Wesley Berry, Jr. will be Thursday July 17, 2014 at 
First Methodist Church, Monroe at 1 pm, with Gill First National Funeral Home of 
Winnsboro in charge of arrangements. The Rev. J. Roddy Taylor and The Very Rev. 
Richard Norman will officiate.

Mr. Berry was a native of Tensas Parish. He grew up on Wavertree Plantation, 
Waterproof, and lived in St. Joseph most of his adult life and moved to Monroe 
in 1997. He attended Louisiana Tech and was a member of the Louisiana Tech 
football team and Kappa Sigma fraternity. He also attended the School of 
Business at Texas Tech. He served in the US Navy aboard a minesweeper off the 
coast of Sasebo, Japan, in World War II. He was a retired farmer and 
businessman.

Mr. Berry is preceded in death by his parents, his first wife, Clifford 
Wilkerson Berry; beloved twin brother, Fred S. Berry; sister, Elizabeth Berry 
Lynch; brother, Ed Berry; brother, Oliver Berry.

He is survived by his wife, Mary Kathryn; three daughters, Laurie Berry, 
Virginia Ann Reeves and husband Michael; Julie McIntosh and husband, Dave; twin 
grandsons, Stephen and Michael Reeves, stepsons Robert L. Firnberg and Dr. 
Thomas Firnberg; step-grandson, John Robert Firnberg; daughter-in-law, Donna 
Firnberg, and a host of nieces and nephews.

Burton dearly loved his family; he was a devoted husband, father and 
grandfather. He was a devout Churchman and for many years, served as a volunteer 
at St. Vincent de Paul Pharmacy. He was an avid golfer, amateur historian and 
genealogist.

Pallbearers will be grandsons and other family members. Honorary pallbearers 
will be: Dr. Randall Barron, Carrick Inabnett, Joe James, Dr. John Little, Dan 
McDuff, Don McGehee, Jr., Jim Myers, John Tucker and Lee Tugwell.

Mr. Berry's family wishes to thank Dr. David Barnes, The War Veterans Home, the 
Nephrology Associates, the Dialysis Center and the staff of the Renal Floor, St. 
Francis Hospital for the gentle care shown their loved one.

In lieu of flowers, they request planned memorials to be sent to First Methodist 
Church, Monroe, First Methodist Church, St. Joseph or St. Vincent de Paul 
Pharmacy, Monroe.

The family will receive friends at the church one hour before service time. 
Interment will be at 3:30 pm in Legion Memorial Cemetery, Newellton.

Online condolences may be made at www.gillfirstnational.com.

Gill First National Funeral Home

Winnsboro, LA

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