CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - John B. "J.B." Berry, 27 Apr 2002
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John B. Berry

   John B. "J.B." Berry, 77, 802 South Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, 
died Saturday, April 27, 2002, at his residence.
   Mr. Berry was a native of Carter County and a son of the late William 
and Burnia Buckles Berry. He was also preceded in death by a brother, 
William Arthur Berry, and a sister, Iva Garland.
   Mr. Berry was a retired pipe fitter and welder and a member of the 
United Association of Plumbing and Steam Fitters, Local #538, Johnson 
City. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
   He was a member of Dashiell Masonic Lodge #238 and a member of First 
Free Will Baptist Church, where he had been teacher of the Men's Bible 
Class for 40 years.
   Survivors include his wife, Georgia Campbell Berry; a son, Matthew J. 
Berry, Elizabethton; two brothers, Kenneth Berry, Sacramento, Calif., and 
R.H. Berry, Watauga; three sisters, Letha Lyons and Florence Keller, both 
of Elizabethton, and Ida Campbell, Watauga; and a granddaughter, Monica 
Bowers, Knoxville. Two great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
   Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.
   
   BERRY -- Funeral services for John B. "J.B." Berry, 77, 802 South 
Riverside Drive, Elizabethton, who died Saturday, April 27, 2002, will 
be conducted at 8 p.m. Sunday, April 28, at Memorial Funeral Chapel with 
the Rev. Elmer Carter and the Rev. Phil Poston officiating. Music will be 
provided by Kathy Curtis and JoAnn Campbell. Graveside services and interment 
will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday, April 29, at Happy Valley Memorial 
Park. Active pallbearers, who are requested to assemble at the funeral 
home at 12:30 p.m. Monday, will be Packy Fair, Frank Richardson, F.D. 
Elliott, Paul Bishop, Norman Peters and Dwight Richards. The family will 
receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. To those who 
prefer, memorials may be made in memory of Mr. Berry to the Building Fund 
of First Free Will Baptist Church, 706 First Street, Elizabethton, TN 37643. 
Family and friends will assemble at the funeral home at 12:30 p.m. Monday 
to go to the cemetery. Condolences may be e-mailed to the Berry Family at 
mfc@chartertn.net. Memorial Funeral Chapel is in charge of arrangements.