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- [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 17 Sep 2006.
Earl H. Berry obituary
- [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com).
- [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com).
Ralph Lawson Berry, Jr.
September 17, 1920 – November 19, 1984
Ralph L. Berry, Jr. was the son of Ralph L. Berry, Sr. and was a life long employee of Berry Funeral Home. He served as a Funeral Director and former Secretary-Treasurer. R.L. graduated Young High School in 1939 and immediately assumed his role at the funeral Home. During World War II, R.L. served as a Staff Sgt. with the Army 301st Medical Detachment from 1943 to 1946. He was a member and Deacon of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. He was married to Mary Katherine Wolbach in 19 and was the father of two daughters, Jody and Susan Berry.
- [S26] Berry Funeral Home, (www.berryfuneralhome.com), 19 Jan 1984.
Ralph L. Berry, Jr., age 64, of 5409 Randonell, passed away Monday night at Baptist Hospital. Member and Deacon of Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Former Secretary-Treasurer of Berry Funeral Home where he was a life long employee as a Funeral Director. Veteran of World War II. Son of the late Ralph L. Berry, Sr. & Myrtle Henderlight Berry.
Survivors
Survivors: Wife: Mrs. Mary Katherine Wolbach Berry, Daughters: Mrs. Ronald “Jody” Fugatt – Chattanooga, Susan Berry Williams – Knoxville, Grandchildren: Ellen, Denise, and David Fugatt; Brother, Earl H. Berry – Chattanooga; Sisters: Mrs. Thelma Berry Ford and Mrs. Clara Berry Bolin – Knoxville. Several nieces and nephews
Service
Funeral 7 PM Thursday, Berry Chapel. Rev. Henry Parks and Dr. Kenneth C. Hubbard officiating. Interment: 2 PM Friday Woodlawn Cemetery. Pallbearers will be employees of Berry Funeral Home & Martin Bartling. Honorary Pallbearers will be Members of Knoxville and Tennessee Funeral Directors Association. Friends will be received following the funeral service in the chapel of Berry Funeral Home.
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