Beckham County, OK - Obits: Malissa Berry, 1922
20 Aug 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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BERRY, MALISSA
(4 May 1922, Thursday, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Was a Pioneer Resident of the Section.
Mrs. H. H. Berry, a pioneer resident of the section north of this city,
died at an early hour Monday morning, after an illness extending over a
number of years.  Funeral services were held at Berlin on Tuesday
afternoon, with interment at the Berlin cemetery, and were very largely
attended.
Mrs. Berry settled on the farm five miles north of this city twenty years
ago, and has seen this section grow from wild prairie to one of the most
prosperous farming sections of Oklahoma.  She was very highly esteemed by
all of knew her, and all of whom join with the Headlight in extending
sympathy to the bereaved relatives and aged husband.
(11 May 1922, Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Obituary. (By a Neighbor)
Mrs. H. H. Berry, whose death noticed appeared in last week's paper, was
Malissa Price and was born in Hawkins county, Tennessee, August 14, 1855,
and died May 1, 1922, age 67 years, 8 months and 17 days.  She was married
to Henderson Berry on November 18, 1875.  Five children were born to this
union, three boys having died in infancy; two daughters are living, Mrs.
T. M. Hartman of Binchard, Nebraska, and Mrs. John Hartman, living here,
who was constantly at the bedside of her mother during her last illness.
Mrs. Berry has been afflicted for the past fifteen years and was confined
to her bed , but bore it all patiently.  She was a faithful member of the
Old German Baptist Church for forty years.
Having lived here for twenty years, she was well known, loved and
respected by all.
Funeral services were held at the home at one o'clock, May 2, and were
conducted by Rev. S. R. Wells and S. C. Ganer.  Text from the 13th verse
of the 14th chapter of Revelations.  The remains were followed by a large
crowd of friends to the Berlin cemetery, where the interment took place.
The deepest sympathy of the entire community is extended to the husband
and children in their sad hour of affliction.