Alma Berry

BERRY, Alma Miles, 85, of Mechanicsville, passed away on Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Hanover Health Care. She was born May 12, 1925 in King William, Va., on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation. She was the daughter of the late Junius and Juliet Miles. She retired from the American Tobacco Company after 19 years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband, Herbert F. Berry; and sister, Audrey M. Bryan. She leaves to cherish her memory two daughters, Thelma Childress Sutton and husband, Chris, of New Kent and Mary "Lois" Snyder of Philadelphia; two stepsons, Richard Berry and wife, Sharon, of Varina and Thomas Berry and wife, Carolyn, of Chesterfield; eight grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and two great-great-grandchildren; two sisters, Mildred Moore of King William and Louise Pasko of Chesapeake; and one brother, Donald Miles of Philadelphia. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, November 20, 2010 at 2 p.m. at the Pamunkey Indian Baptist Church, on the Pamunkey Indian Reservation in King William, Va., with interment at the church cemetery.


This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.