Corum Berry^[1]

1921 - 2013  (91 years)

• Name	Corum Berry
  Born	25 Apr 1921	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	District 5, Union County, Tennessee   [2]
  Died	26 Feb 2013  [3]
  Buried	28 Feb 2013	Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee   [4]
  Person ID	I322662	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	26 Feb 2013

  
  

  Father	John Cummings "Cum" Berry,   b. 10 Apr 1886, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Dec 1925  (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Mossie Bolinger,   b. 14 May 1891, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Sep 1930  (Age 39 years)
  Married	20 Nov 1909	Union County, Tennessee   [5]
  Family ID	F135118	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Twila Davis,   b. 16 Oct 1923, Tennessee ,   d. 21 Apr 2012  (Age 88 years)
  Married	Abt 1946
  Children	1. Adrean Berry + 2. Archie Berry   3. Linda Berry
  Family ID	F126616	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 25 Apr 1921 - Tennessee Buried - 28 Feb 2013 - Sherwood Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S4] Knoxville News-Sentinel (Tennessee), 7 Aug 2001. Maggie Acuff Davis obituary [S112] Census, 1930. name: Corum Berry event: Census event date: 1930 event place: District 5, Union, Tennessee gender: Male age: 8 marital status: Single race: White birthplace: Tennessee estimated birth year: 1922 immigration year: relationship to head of household: Son father's birthplace: Tennessee mother's birthplace: Tennessee enumeration district number: 0009 family number: 8 sheet number and letter: 1A line number: 44 nara publication: T626, roll 2280 film number: 2342014 digital folder number: 4547928 image number: 00512 Household Gender Age Birthplace head Mossie Berry F 39 Tennessee son Clifford Berry M 18 Tennessee daughter Genett Berry F 12 Tennessee son Corum Berry M 8 Tennessee daughter Mamie Berry F 4 Tennessee [S25] Smith Mortuary Company, www.smithmortuary.com, 26 Feb 2013. Corum Berry of Maryville passed away on February 26, 2013 at the age of 91 and joined his wife Twila in heaven. He was the oldest living member of Brantley's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, a native of Sharps Chapel, TN, and a retiree of Alcoa Aluminum Company. He was a 50+ member of the Rockford Masonic Lodge and a former president of the Alcoa Retirement Club. During WWII, he served as a Tech Sergeant in the Army Air Corps. Corum was a wonderful husband, father and grandfather who was loved and will be missed by all who knew him. He was preceded in death by his loving wife of 66 years Twila Berry, his parents John and Mossie Berry, brother Clifford Berry, sister Genette Beason, son-in-law Rick Steele, and grandson Davis Berry. Survivors include children Adrean Steele of Soddy-Daisy, Archie (Susan) Berry of Knoxville, and Linda (Danny) Graves of Maryville, sister Mamie (Wayne) Brantley, 6 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, and several nieces and nephews. A special thanks to nephew David Beason for his care of his "unc". Funeral services will be held at 12:00pm on Thursday February 28, 2013 in the Smith Trinity Chapel with grandsons Rev. Chris Graves and Rev. Sean Cordell officiating. Entombment will follow at 1:00 PM at Sherwood Memorial Gardens Mausoleum with Pastor Daniel Brantley officiating. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the Brantley's Chapel Primitive Baptist Church, 403 McCall Road, Maryville, TN 37804. The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service at Smith Trinity Chapel. Smith Funeral & Cremation Service, Maryville, 865-983-1000, www.SmithMaryville.com. [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 105833090). [S58] Marriage Certificate. name: Mossie Bolinger also known as: suffix: event: Marriage event date: 20 Nov 1909 event place: Union, Tennessee, United States gender: Female spouse: J C Berry spouse's also known as: spouse's prefix: spouse's suffix: page: 314