Mary Magdalene Berryman

Town Creek

Funeral for Mary Magdalene Berryman, 84, of Town Creek will be today, July 9, 2008, at Lawrence Funeral Home with Bro. Bertis Ray officiating. Visitation will be from noon until 2 p.m. with funeral immediately following in the chapel. Mrs. Berryman will be laid to rest at Providence Cemetery.
Mrs. Berryman, who died Monday, July 7, 2008, at NHC Healthcare, was born Dec. 25, 1923, to William and Ethel Copeland. Magdalene was a member of Providence Baptist Church and Hatton Senior Citizens. She was an avid gardener who loved working in her flowers and taking care of her family. Throughout her life, she demonstrated a giving heart, unconditional love, and was compassionate to everyone. She was truly a blessing to her family and will be greatly missed.
She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, Euless Berryman; sons, William Robert "Mutt" Berryman, Aubrey Berryman; daughter-in-law, Theresia Berryman; grandson, Evan Robert Sheffield; sisters, Lurene Copeland, Vera Allen, Lennie Jeffreys, Verna Jeffreys; and brothers, Coy Bob Copeland and William Copeland Jr.
Survivors include one daughter, Pat Sheffield (Robert); one granddaughter, Tara Sheffield Reed (Casey); three grandsons, Aubrey Todd Berryman, Kirk Berryman (Melissa), Mark Berryman (Paulette); six great-grandchildren including one special great-granddaughter, Maddie-Evan Reed; one brother, Kenneth Copeland; several nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers wil be Randy Harrison, Wade Vines, Shane Buckelew, Scott Berryman, Dexter Berryman and Roger Berryman.
This obituary was originally published in the Decatur Daily.