Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Berryman, Rev. Robert W., 1891 

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FUNERAL OF REV. R. W. BERRYMAN. 

An Unrivalled Record - Married 900 Couples and Officiated at 800 Funerals. 

  [Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.] 

  SURRY COURTHOUSE, VA., April 15. - The funeral of Rev. R.W. Berryman, one of 
the oldest and most highly-respected citizens of the county, took place from 
Oak Grove Methodist Protestant church on Monday morning at 10:30 o'clock.  The 
deceased had just completed the seventy-fifth year of a most useful and 
exemplary Christian life.  He was a very bright and active Mason, and up to 
the time of his death was a constant attendant upon his lodge here, of which 
he had been chaplain for over thirty-five years.  Rev. Dr. Sullivan, who 
performed the last rites, preached one of the most impressive and comforting 
sermons from the 37th verse of the 37th Psalm: "Mark the perfect man and 
behold the upright; for the end of that man is peace." 

           A GREAT RECORD. 

  Mr. Berryman leaves a most unusual professional record, having performed the 
ceremony at the marriage of 900 couples and officiated at over 800 funerals 
during his ministry.  Mr. Berryman leaves an aged widow and an unusually large 
family of children and grandchildren to mourn their loss.  The large attendance 
at the funeral, notwithstanding the bad condition of the roads, and the lovely 
and elaborate floral tributes, were mutely expressive of the tender regard and 
universal respect of his innumerable host of friends. 


Rev. Robert Wilkins BERRYMAN, Methodist pastor, 
b. 30 Mar 1816, d. 9 Apr 1891, 
interred in the BERRYMAN family cemetery*, Surry Co., 13 Apr 1891, 
"Richmond (VA) Dispatch," No. 12,393, Fri., Apr. 17, 1891, p. 3 

*Birthdate &c. from Find a Grave Mem. #84468252, which includes a photo of 
   his gravestone. 


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