Obituaries: Lela Hutson Berry, 1964, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: June 10 or 18, 1964, Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Last Rites For Mrs. M. R. Berry Held Thursday

Mrs. Marvin R. Berry, 58, of Winnfield, died in a local hospital at 3:45 a.m.
Wednesday, June 17, 1964, after a lingering illness.  A native of Dodson, she
was the former Lela Hutson, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Hutson. 
She had been a resident of Winnfield for many years and for a number of years
was employed at the Winnfield General Hospital.

Mrs. Berry was a member of the First Methodist Church.

Funeral services were conducted at 10 a.m. Thursday at the First Methodist
Church with the pastor, Rev. George Ross, and Dr. W. L. Holcomb of the First
Baptist Church officiating.

Burial was in the Garden of Memories Cemetery under direction of Southern
Funeral Home.

Acting as pallbearers were nephews: Johnny Waters, Thomas Dean, Lee Roy Berry,
James Berry, Benny Mooney, and Lamar Berry.

Surviving are her husband, Marvin R. Berry of Winnfield; two sons, Donald B.
Berry of Homestead, Fla., and Melvin E. Berry of the U. S. Army; two
daughters, Mrs. Jimmy Crippen and Mrs. Paul Case, both of Baton Rouge; two
brothers, O. E. Hutson of Haynesville and M. R. Hutson of Long Beach, Miss.;
three sisters, Mrs. A. A. Berry of Pineville, Mrs. J. L. Waters and Mrs. I. B.
Cole, both of Winnfield; and six grandchildren.