Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....O’berry, Bennie L., 1963 

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BENNIE LEE O'BERRY 

   Bennie Lee O'Berry, 72 years of age died Thursday morning in a Newport News 
Hospital after a long illness.

   He was the son of James A. and Mrs. Annie Beale O'Berry. Mr. O'Berry was a 
native of Southampton County, he was a member of the Newsoms Methodist Church 
and of the Men's Bible Class and a veteran of World War I.

   Surviving are two sisters, Mrs. Sallie O'Berry Vick and Mrs. Ruth O'Berry 
Griffin both of Newsoms and three nephews.

   The funeral service was conducted Saturday at 3 p.m. in the chapel of 
W.J.M. Holland and Sons Funeral Home.  Burial was in Newsoms Cemetery.

   Pallbearers were John Worrell, Earl Worrell, J.C. Bunn, Jr., J.T. Story, 
Jr., Epper Prince Jr., and Hugh Carter.


Bennie Lee O’BERRY, 
Southampton Co. native, d. 20 Jun 1963, Newport News, age 72, 
interred in Hollywood Cemetery*, Newsoms, 22 Jun 1963, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), June 27, 1963, Sect. II, p. 6 

*His parents are also buried there. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Hollywood list (N-48): 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/hollywd.txt 


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