1924 - 1945 (20 years)
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| Name |
Raymond Lawrence Berry |
| Birth |
31 Jul 1924 |
Fire Creek, Fayette Co., WV  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
24 Mar 1945 |
Germany [2] |
| Burial |
24 Sep 1950 |
Harrah Cemetery, Backus, Fayette Co., WV [2] |
| Person ID |
I10722 |
Meadow Bluff Meanderings |
| Last Modified |
12 Nov 2009 |
| Father |
Marion Lewis Berry, b. 24 Oct 1877, Meadow Creek, Fayette Co., WV d. 5 Apr 1948, Fire Creek, Fayette Co., WV (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Ethel Ray Haley, b. 16 Feb 1888, Pulaski Co., VA d. 2 Jul 1959 (Age 71 years) |
| Marriage |
Abt 1903 [3] |
| Family ID |
F4725 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- The Beckley Post-Herald, 21 September 1950
Reburial Rites Set For Soldier
LAYLAND, Sept. 20 - The body of Staff Sgt. Raymond L. Berry, who was shot down over Germany on March 24, 1945, is being returned home for reburial.
Berry was serving as a gunner with the Eighth Airforce when he was killed.
The body will arrive at Meadow Creek Saturday morning and will be removed to the Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home in East Rainelle.
He is survived by his mother, Ethel Berry, of Layland; four sisters, Mrs. Mae Burns, of Layland; Mrs. Jessie Higginbotham, of Oak Hill; Mrs. Opal Adkins, of Kathryn and Mrs. Elsie Fleshman, of Danese; three brothers, Virgil and Frank, of Fire Creek and Lester, of Bellepoint.
Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 2 p.m. from the Chestnut Knob Community Church in Layland Heights with Rev. L. M. Legg officiating. Burial will follow in the Harrah cemetery on Backus Mountain.
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| Sources |
- [S1085] Young American Patriots, World War II, West Virginia, (Richmond, VA: National Publishing Co., 1946).
- [S864] Obituary: The Beckley Post-Herald.
- [S698] Information from Virgil H. Berry.
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