Washington County, Tennessee, Obituaries:  Robert L. Berry

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Bristol Herald Courier
Friday, December 6, 2002

Robert L. Berry
    ELIZABETHTON -- Robert Lee "Bob" Berry, 61, of 511 N. East St. died
Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2002, in Sycamore Shoals Hospital. A native of Washington
County, he was a son of the late Delmar Stover and Katherine Laughore Barham
Berry. He was retired from Pan-American Airlines. He was a member of First
Free Will Baptist Church of Elizabethton. He was a member of Dashiell Masonic
Lodge 238, a 32nd-Degree Scottish Rite, The York Rite Bodies, Jericho Shrine
Temple and a member of the Legion of Honor, Jericho Shrine Temple. He had
served in the U.S. Army. He was a member of the Carter, Washington and
Sullivan counties and the national Humane Societies.
    Mr. Berry was an avid gardner and animal lover, being very active with the
Humane Society. He enjoyed black powder target shooting with his son-in-law,
Gerry, and grandson, Joe Hardin. He was a very kind-hearted, generous and
loving man. It was his joy to care for others especially his wife, Margie, and
his adored mother-in-law, Vergie Cardwell. He will be missed by countless
friends and family but most of all by his best friend and companion, his dog,
Misha. He was preceded in death by his twin brother, Joe Berry; another
brother, Stover Berry; and nephew John Berry II.
    Survivors include his wife, Margie Cardwell Berry; a daughter and son-in-
law, Teresa and Gerald Hardin of Bristol; one brother, John Berry of Atlanta;
his loving granddaughter, Jennifer Lauren Oaks and her fiance, Mike Rutledge;
his granddaughter and grandson, Joanna and Joseph Hardin; his mother-in-law,
Vergie B. Cardwell of Elizabethton; a sister-in-law, Thelma C. Colbaugh;
brother-in-law, John S. Colbaugh; nieces, Trudy Colbaugh and Vicky, Lura
Kathryn and Becky Berry; a great-niece, Cameron Harvest Colbaugh; nephew,
Chris Colbaugh and a very special nephew, his name sake, Robert Joshua Berry;
and aunts also survive.
    Funeral services will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Memorial Funeral
Chapel with the Rev. Phil Poston officiating. Interment will follow in the
Maple Lawn Cemetery, Jonesborough. Dashiell Masonic Lodge 238 will conduct a
service following the funeral service. Honorary pallbearers will be members of
the Masonic Bodies, Dr. David Fenner, Gerald L. Hardin, Christopher A.
Colbaugh and Michael Rutledge. Bob has requested that in lieu of flowers, a
gift be given to Carter County Humane Society, any kindness you show any
animal will be greatly appreciated. The family wil receive friends at the
funeral chapel from noon to 2 p.m. Friday. Condolences may be e-mailed to the
Berry family at mfc@chartertn.net.
    Memoral Funeral Chapel is in charge.