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Submitted: 7/15/17 • Approved: 7/24/17 • Last Updated: 7/27/17 • R1188003-G1188003-S3
Leonard
Mar 27, 1935-July 3, 2000
Leonard Leon Berry, 65, of Ozark, father of Betty Nichols of Mountain Top, died Monday, July 3, 2000, in a Fort Smith hospital.
A native of Paris, he was a son of the late Ulis Leon Berry, served in the U. S. Army and U. S. Marines, was a member of the Altus Pentecostal Church, and was a retired line supervisor with Cargill and also retired from Garan Manufacturing.
Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Ruthie Childers Berry; one other daughter, Joy Ann Berry of Kansas City, Kan.; mother, Bonnie Marie Yother Berry of Altus; one sister, Mary Beth Holloway of Altus; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Funeral was at 2 p.m. Thursday, July 6, at Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel in Ozark with Rev. Eddie Birdsong officiating. Burial was in Nichols Chapel Cemetery at Altus.
Pallbearers were Jeff Hoglund, Doug Stone, Don Sarten, Steve Sarten, Virgil Kessler, and Joseph Skolarski.
Ruthie
Dec 30, 1939-July 8, 2012
Ruthie E. Berry, 72, of Ozark, Arkansas, died, July 8, 2012 in Ozark.
She was born December 30, 1939 in White Oak Community to Jesse Henry and Hazel Ellin Freeman Childers.
She was retired from Cargill and a Baptist.
She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Leonard Berry; one grandchild.
Funeral Service will be held at 2:00 PM, Tuesday, July 10, 2012 at Shaffer Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Pennington officiating with burial at Nichols Chapel Cemetery in Altus, Arkansas under the direction of Shaffer Funeral Home.
She is survived by two daughters, Jo Ann Hoglund of Kansas City, Kansas and Betty Nichols of Altus; one brother, William Childers of Desoto, Kansas; four grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
Pallbearers are Jeff Hoglund, Jimmy Perry, Bill and Kenneth Freeman, Joshua Skolarski and Don Sarten.
Contributed on 7/15/17 by bill060
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