Surry County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Berryman, William A., 1952 

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W. A. Berryman, 60 Buried Wednesday In Pittsburgh, Pa. 

  William Alfred Berryman, a resident of Pittsburgh for many years, died in a 
Pittsburgh hospital on Sunday, August 3rd at the age of 60, after a long 
illness. 

  A native of Surry County, Mr. Berryman was the oldest son of Mrs. B.F. Dews 
and the late William R. Berryman.  He resided in Richmond for some years, 
later moving to Pittsburgh. 

  For six years, he, with his family, resided in Antwerp, where he was 
employed by the Gulf Oil Company, returning to Pittsburgh at the outbreak of 
World War II. 

  For the past three years he had been a vice-president of the Gulf Company, 
and had traveled extensively in that capacity. 

  The burial was in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, August 6th. 

  He is survived by his wife, the former Miss Rebecca Walker; a daughter, Miss 
Nancy; a foster-son, Emory Anderson, of Philadelphia; his mother, Mrs. B.F. 
Dews and a sister, Mrs. S.W. White, both of Elberon; three brothers, Henry L. 
of Smithfield, John R. of Los Angeles, and Edward W. of Aliquippa, Pa. as well 
as a number of nieces and nephews. 

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  Vice President in charge of Foreign Marketing for Gulf Oil Corporation and 
a director of a number of its foreign marketing subsidiaries.

  Mr. Berryman was born near Williamsburg, VA and began his business career in 
Richmond.  In 1917 he moved to Pittsburgh where he worked successively with 
the Pittsburgh Steel Company and the A.M. Byers Co.  During WWII [sic; WWI] he 
served for nine months with the US Army.  Upon his discharge in 1919, Mr. 
Berryman joined the firm of Ernst and Ernst, certified public accountants and 
spent the next two years in Pittsburgh working on a Gulf tax audit.  He was 
transferred by the firm in 1921, to Washington, D.C. and again a year later, 
to Butler, PA.  In 1923, Mr. Berryman joined the Standard Steel Car Co., as 
Assistant Comptroller.

  Mr. Berryman joined the Gulf organization in the Foreign Marketing 
Department in 1933, and was sent to Antwerp, Belgium where he was actively 
associated in the organization and management of some 30 marketing subsidiary 
companies.  Following the outbreak of WWII, he returned to the Company's 
General Offices in Pittsburgh.  Mr. Berryman was named Assistant to the Vice 
President in charge of Foreign Marketing in 1945.  In May, 1949, he was 
elected a Vice President of Gulf Oil and appointed Assistant General Manager, 
Foreign Marketing Department.  He was put in full charge of Foreign Marketing 
Operations in December 1949.  In addition to his foreign marketing duties, Mr. 
Berryman also served as a Vice President of the Gulf European Co., and the 
Gulf Exploration Co.; Director and Vice President, Gulf Refining Co.; and Vice 
President Gulf Research and Development Co.

  He was a member of the Verona United Presbyterian Church, Verona, PA; the 
Duquesne Club, the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, and the Pittsburgh Field 
Club, Pittsburgh, and the Masonic Lodge and Chapter, Richmond.

  Mr. Berryman was buried August 6 at Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh.  He is 
survived by his widow, Rebecca Walker Berryman, a daughter, and son, his 
mother, Betty Warren Dews, and sister Mrs. Samuel W. White, as well as three 
brothers.


William Alfred BERRYMAN, of Pittsburgh, PA, Gulf Oil VP, Army veteran of WW-I, 
b. 11 Feb 1920, Surry Co., d. 3 Aug 1952, Pittsburgh, PA, 
interred in Homewood Cemetery, Pittsburgh, PA, 6 Aug 1952, 
"Smithfield (VA) Times," Vol. 35, No. 10, Aug. 7, 1952, p. 1; 
"The Orange Disc: The Magazine of the Gulf Companies," Jul-Aug 1952, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #90791036 


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