Sussex-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....O'Berry, John H., 1972 

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JOHN HENRY O'BERRY 

   WAKEFIELD - A funeral service for John Henry O'Berry, 59, of Wakefield, 
was held Wednesday, Dec. 20 at 2:30 p.m. in Purviance Funeral Home by the Rev. 
Ed Griffin and Dr. R.E. Brittle.

   Burial was in Wakefield Cemetery. Pallbearers were H.D. Presson, D.E. 
Morris, R. M. Cobb Jr., Marvin Steih, Stanley Bage, John R. Harris, J.C. 
Duncan, S.I. Jenkins and C.R. Jones.

   O'Berry, a greenhouse operator and funeral home employee, died Monday, 
Dec. 18 in Louise Obici Hospital, Suffolk.

   A native of Isle of Wight County, he was a son of Mrs. Ann Norris O'Berry 
of Windsor and the husband of Mrs. Alma Lassiter O'Berry.

   He was a member of Wakefield Baptist Church and Wakefield Hunt Club.

   He owned and operated O'Berry Greenhouses and worked for Purviance Funeral 
Home, Wakefield, 20 years.

   Besides his widow and mother, surviving are two sons, Donald Lee O'Berry of 
Hilliard, Fla., and John O'Berry of Wakefield; seven sisters, Mrs. G.H. Wright 
of Holland, Mrs. Louis J. Spenyovics of Portsmouth, Mrs. W.B. Britt of 
Smithfield, Mrs. R.W. White and Mrs. Robert Norfleet of Suffolk, Mrs. Harry 
Lee Goodrich Jr. of Wakefield, and Mrs. Aubrey H. Worrell of Zuni; three 
brothers, Edward E. O'Berry of Wakefield, Herbert F. O'Berry and E.W. O'Berry 
of Windsor; the three grandchildren.


John Henry O'BERRY, of Wakefield, greenhouse operator & funeral home employee, 
b. 10 Mar 1915, Isle of Wight Co., d. 18 Dec 1972, Suffolk, 
interred in Wakefield Cemetery*, 20 Dec 1972, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Dec. 25, 1972, Sect. A, p. 8 

*Wakefield list, an extension of 
   the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

His 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 


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