Ouachita County Louisiana Archives Obituaries.....BERRY, PEGGY JO TOUSINEAU March 11, 2015
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News Star World - March 14, 2015
PEGGY JO TOUSINEAU BERRY

Peggy Jo (Tousineau) Berry, 81, of Murphysboro, Illinois, passed away at 6:10 
p.m. Wednesday, March 11, 2015, at Memorial Hospital in Carbondale, Illinois, 
with her family at her side.

Peggy was born in the rural community of Colson, currently known as Rocky 
Branch, Louisiana. Her parents were James McElroy Tousineau and Opal Dale 
(Pace) Tousineau. Her family moved to Eudora, Arkansas, and her sister Shirley 
Nan and her brother Billy Roy were born there. The family returned to the State 
of Louisiana in 1940, where Peggy attended school in Ouachita Parish until 
graduating from OPHS in Monroe, LA in May of 1951. She attended one year of 
college at LSU of Monroe since financial circumstances caused an intervention 
in her educational pursuit.

She married Press Berry, Jr. from Charleston, MO on February 7, 1953, and born 
from this union were three children, Michael Preston, Timothy Dale, and Dana 
Lynn. In March of 1966, Peggy was hired as a caseworker by the State of 
Missouri Dept. of Social Services, Division of Family Services, and in 1972 was 
promoted to supervisory status and was based in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, until 
her retirement on November 1, 1994.

Mrs. Berry was a member of the Murdale Baptist Church in Carbondale, IL. She 
was a former member of the Business and Professional Women. Peggy was a master 
bridge card player and was a member of many local Bridge Clubs. She played 
bridge all across the nation from the east coast to the west coast. She was an 
avid football fan, but she especially enjoyed spending time with her 
grandchildren and great grandchildren.

Survivors include three children and their families, son Michael Preston Berry, 
grandson Michael Preston Berry, Jr. and his wife Katie Lynn Angelly-Berry, and 
great grandchildren Gabrielle Joe Adams, Kain Floyd Adams, Kameron Lee Adams 
and Michael Joseph Berry; son Timothy Dale Berry and his wife Tina Marie 
(DeLuca) Berry, granddaughter Angela Marie Berry Albertini and her husband Mark 
Ryan Albertini, and great grandsons Anthony Ryan Albertini, and Andrew Charles 
Albertini, and grandson Seth Clayton and his wife Madison Shea Meacham-Berry, 
and great granddaughter Berkley Shea Berry; daughter Dana Lynn Berry Seay and 
her husband Robert Edgar Seay; two brothers, Billy Roy Tousineau and Danny 
Lavelle Tousineau, and one sister Cherry Gay Tousineau Genusa, and their 
families.

Peggy was preceded in death by her parents, and one sister, Shirley Nan 
Tousineau Lowery.

It was Peggy's request that memorial contributions are given in her memory to 
support the fight against spousal and child abuse and neglect. In lieu of 
flowers, memorials may be made to the Masonic Children's Home, 101 Masonic 
Drive, Murphysboro, IL 62966, the Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, 7200 
Desiard Street, Monroe, LA 71203, or the Family Promise of Ouachita, 100 S. 2nd 
Street, West Monroe, LA 71291.

Private gravesite services will be held in Murphysboro, IL. Pettett Funeral 
Home, 1418 South Street, Murphysboro, IL 62966 is in charge of the 
arrangements. For more information, please visit www.pettettfuneralhome.com.

Pettett Funeral Home

Murphysboro, IL 

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