1921
Ruby
2005
Ruby Jewel Berry
May 11, 1921 — September 23, 2005
Ruby Jewel Montgomery Berry, age 84, of Cypress Inn, TN, passed away September 23rd at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence, AL after an exstended illness. She was preceded in death by her parents, Lemuel Gideon Montgomery and Bertha E. Creasy Montgomery, brothers Lee Otis Montgomery and Ermen L.B. Montgomery, and sisters Ethyl Mae Montgomery Hayes and Eula Aflia Montgomery Markham, grandson Jack W. Bower succumbed to leukemia while a high school student, and two great grandchildren, Richard and Chelsea, died as infants. Ruby's husband of over 50 years, Guilford Warrington Berry, passed away in 1991.
Ruby is survived by four children, sons Gilford Berry and wife Hue of Westminister, CA, Larry Glenn Berry and wife Patricia of St. Joseph, TN, Beverly Paulette Bower and husband Ronnie of Elsie, MI, and Robert Eugene Berry and wife Debo of Florence, AL . Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Ruby's brother Grayford E. Montgomery and wife Delphia of Cypress Inn, TN, two sisters Ida Pearl Berry and husband George Lorton of Lutts, TN and Opal Evelyn Gean and husband Aaron of Florence, Al
and two sisters in law, Mrs. Adiene Montgomery and Mrs. Lillian Montgomery also survive her.
Ruby and Wararington were married in Wayne County, TN at midnight on December 11, 1940. While Warrington went to the Pacific theater during World War II, Ruby worked at AC spark plug company in Flint, Michigan making munitions for the war, and began raising her eldest son. With the end of the war Warrington returned to Flint to meet his 3 year old son for the first time, and became employed by Fisher Body Company, where he worked until 1974 as a maintenance welder. Ruby was employed after the war by Ottawa River Paper Company (later Mead Containers). Their 3 younger children were born in Flint. After Warringtson's retirement in 1974, they returned to their beloved Tennessee where they enjoyed their life together until Warrington's passing in 1991. Ruby stayed busy until her passing with her family, her flowers, her birds, and her quilt making. A good Christian, she was a life long member of Scott's Chapel in Cypress Inn and a member of State Line Church. Ruby was wife, mother, grandma, and a friend. She will be missed by all who knew her.
Ruby is survived by four children, sons Gilford Berry and wife Hue of Westminister, CA, Larry Glenn Berry and wife Patricia of St. Joseph, TN, Beverly Paulette Bower and husband Ronnie of Elsie, MI, and Robert Eugene Berry and wife Debo of Florence, AL . Also surviving are 12 grandchildren and several great grandchildren.
Ruby's brother Grayford E. Montgomery and wife Delphia of Cypress Inn, TN, two sisters Ida Pearl Berry and husband George Lorton of Lutts, TN and Opal Evelyn Gean and husband Aaron of Florence, Al
and two sisters in law, Mrs. Adiene Montgomery and Mrs. Lillian Montgomery also survive her.
Ruby and Wararington were married in Wayne County, TN at midnight on December 11, 1940. While Warrington went to the Pacific theater during World War II, Ruby worked at AC spark plug company in Flint, Michigan making munitions for the war, and began raising her eldest son. With the end of the war Warrington returned to Flint to meet his 3 year old son for the first time, and became employed by Fisher Body Company, where he worked until 1974 as a maintenance welder. Ruby was employed after the war by Ottawa River Paper Company (later Mead Containers). Their 3 younger children were born in Flint. After Warringtson's retirement in 1974, they returned to their beloved Tennessee where they enjoyed their life together until Warrington's passing in 1991. Ruby stayed busy until her passing with her family, her flowers, her birds, and her quilt making. A good Christian, she was a life long member of Scott's Chapel in Cypress Inn and a member of State Line Church. Ruby was wife, mother, grandma, and a friend. She will be missed by all who knew her.
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