1931 Obituary of J. M. Berry, Native of Union Parish Louisiana
Submitted by:       Shawn Martin
Date of Submission: 12/2008

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1931 Obituary of J. M. Berry, Native of Union Parish Louisiana

From Dallas, Texas "Morning News", issue of 17 April 1931

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                                       J. M. Berry

J. M. Berry, 65, pioneer traveling salesman of the Southwest and believed to have 
installed the first telephone ever operated in Dallas, died Thursday afternoon at 
his home, 3318 North Fitzhugh avenue.  His death came after an illness that had 
kept him confined to his home for the last year.

   Mr. Berry, long a familiar figure in commercial traveler circles and an 
institutional force at each traveling men’s day at the State Fair for more than 
thirty years, was a past grand councilor of the United commercial Travelers.  He 
was also a past secretary and treasurer of Dallas Council U.C.T.

   Born June 26, 1865, in Union Parish, Louisiana, he came to Dallas more than 
forty-five years ago.  he was among the first professional electricians in the 
city and installed a telephone in local service when this instrument was a rare 
novelty.  Entering the retail grocery business, he was associated for a time with 
the late Tom F. Laughlin in the old Live Oak Grocery and then with Mommand Brothers.  
He became a traveling salesman for the New Orleans Company and then entered the 
employ of the Waples-Platter Grocer Company, for which he worked for more than a 
quarter of a century.

   He is survived by his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Robin Adair; two grandsons, 
Robin Adair, Jr. and Cecil Adair, and a great-grandson. Funeral services will 
be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Weiland’s Funeral Church, 2909 Live Oak Street.  
Burial will be in Restland Memorial Park.


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