August 8, 2003

James W. Berry

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- James W. Berry, 89, of Greenville died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 19, 1914, at Kime, Mo., son of William Andrew "Bud" and Nora Jane Clark Berry. He first married Anna Jane Clay Jan. 3, 1942. She died May 11, 1988. He and Ellie Price were married March 9, 1991...

GREENVILLE, Mo. -- James W. Berry, 89, of Greenville died Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2003, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 19, 1914, at Kime, Mo., son of William Andrew "Bud" and Nora Jane Clark Berry. He first married Anna Jane Clay Jan. 3, 1942. She died May 11, 1988. He and Ellie Price were married March 9, 1991.

Berry served in the U.S. Army during World War II.

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Survivors include his wife; three daughters, Freda Pigg of Greenville, Carolyn Trentham of Patton, Mo., Marilyn Davis of Imperial, Mo.; two stepdaughters, Virginia Crane and Mollie Elder of Greenville; a stepson, Robert Elder of Greenville; seven grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; two great-great-grandchildren; eight stepgrandchildren; and four great-stepgrandchildren.

He was preceded in death by four half brothers and a half sister.

The funeral will be at 1 p.m. today at Ruegg Funeral Home in Greenville. Burial will be in Greenville Cemetery.

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