George W Berry (1901 - 1942)

Born 17 Dec 1901 in Arkansas, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Ruby Jacqueline (Arnold) Berry — married 1926 in Arkansas, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Dec 1942 at age 40 in Little Rock, Pulaski, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

Johnny Berry was born in 1901 in Arkansas to Robert Berry and Rose Stoner. ^[1]

He married Ruby Arnold and they had five children. After Ruby's death, he married Nora Boles.

Johnny worked for his sister-in-law at the Silica Sand Mines in Guion, Arkansas. It was there that he contracted silicosis. He died in 1942, leaving behind four children who were raised by their grandmother, Lucy Berg. He is buried by his second wife at Roselawn Cemetery in Izard County, Arkansas.^[2]

Obituary

William George Berry
Resident of Franklin
William George Berry, 40, resident of Franklin, Izard county, died at a Little Rock hospital at 5 pm Saturday. Mr. Berry is survived by his wife Mrs. Nora Berry; three daughters, Catherine Rose, Bernice, and Gretta Berry; one son Howard Berry; parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Berry; one brother, Elmer Berry; and two sisters, Mrs. Ruby Stevens and Mrs Thelma Arnold, all of Franklin. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Owens & Co.^[3]

Notes

Named after his father, but normally known as Johnny Berry.

Note from Jaydine Morton, 8/25/1999.

I had just talked to Aunt Willie and George was Uncle Johnny's name. The age threw me as I did not realize that he was a year older than Aunt Willie, but she said that was right. I figured Jack could straighten you out. They did have two more kids after Ruby, who married a Stevens. They were Johnny, a girl, who was a blue baby and she died at age 4. Then they had Hayden.

He died soon after birth. Aunt Willie said that Uncle Elmer was grown when Hayden died, but she could remember how hard he took the death. Johnny was just a nickname for Uncle Johnny.

Sources

1. ↑ 1930 Izard Co., Arkansas census, Guion Twp., #59/59
2. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for William George “Johnie” Berry (17 Dec 1901–12 Dec 1942), Find A Grave: Memorial #59216044, citing Roselawn Cemetery, Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8) .
3. ↑ Arkansas Gazette Sunday, Dec 13, 1942,Little Rock, AR, Page:42. accessed through GenealogyBank.com

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KQVM-T2D : 7 January 2021), William Berry in household of William J Berry, North Fork Township, Baxter, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 3-15, sheet 9A, line 29, family 152, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 118.

William J Berry Head Male 38 Arkansas

Nora Berry Wife Female 30 Arkansas

William Berry Son Male 13 Arkansas

Catherine Berry Daughter Female 10 Arkansas

Bernice Berry Daughter Female 7 Arkansas

Pauline Berry Daughter Female 5 Arkansas