Surry-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Berryman, Ethel E. Jones, 2014 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ ETHEL EVELYN JONES BERRYMAN RESIDED IN ELBERON, VA. Ethel Evelyn Jones Berryman, 94, of Elberon passed away Monday, June 30, 2014 at her home surrounded by her family. Born March 11, 1920 on Warrique Plantation, Southampton County, she was the youngest daughter of the late Sidney Johnson Jones and Elsie Maude Maury [sic; Murray*] Jones. Her family moved to Grayland in Surry County where she attended Claremont Elementary School and later to the King Family Plantation where she attended Dendron High school. Mrs. Berryman met and married her husband of 59 years, the late Ernest Mooring Berryman and made her final move to Beechland where she would spend her life taking care of her husband, raising her family and making her house a home. She loved to cook and have family dinners, especially on Sunday. Mrs. Berryman was a member of Oak Grove United Methodist Church where she taught Sunday school as well as serving in many other capacities. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; and her siblings, Violet Lowe, Margaret Bell Neil Jones, Ruth Lowe, Dennis Jones and Bertha Simms. Left to cherish her memory is her daughter, Darlene B. Richards of Surry; her son, E. Mac Berryman and his wife, Joanie of Elberon; grandchildren, Bobby Richards and his wife, Stacey of Elberon, Sherri R. Brittle and her husband, Smokey of Wakefield, Don Richards and his wife, Amy of Surry, Melissa Berryman and her husband, Bryan Chadwick of Atlantic Beach, N.C., Steve Berryman and his wife, Jordan of Surry and Lisa Trombley and her husband, David of Surry; eleven great-grandchildren; one great-great- grandchild. A graveside service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Thursday, July 3, 2014 at Oak Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery in Surry with Rev. Ray Rowland officiating. After the service the family will receive friends at the home on 2200 Golden Hill Road, Elberon, VA 23846. In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made in Mrs. Berryman’s memory to the charity of your choice. R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home Wakefield Chapel is serving the family. Ethel Evelyn (JONES; Mrs. Ernest M.) BERRYMAN, b. 11 Mar 1920, Warrique Plantation, Southampton Co., d. 30 Jun 2014, at home, "Beechland," Elberon, interred in Oak Grove Methodist Church Cemetery*, 3 Jul 2014, donated obit, publication unknown *Additional information: Find a Grave Mem. #101995966 Her parents are buried in Mill Swamp Baptist Church Cemetery. Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #55: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Her father's (donated, 1947) obit is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/j520s7ob.txt Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/surry/obits/b655e2ob.txt