Lorella Bernice Berkley

Lorella Bernice Berkley

Lorella Berkley Obituary

Published by Legacy Remembers from May 1 to May 4, 2023.
Lorella Bernice Owens Berkley, 79, passed away on Saturday, April 29, 2023 at Baptist Memorial Hospital - Union County. She was born on May 21, 1943 in Pontotoc County to Raymond Arthur Owens and Mary Sue Grant Owens. She retired as a nurse after 30 years. She really enjoyed mowing the yard, working in her flower beds, collecting yard decorations and sewing. She was a member of Bethlehem Church of New Albany.

Visitation will be on Monday, May 1, 2023 from 12:00p.m. until service time at 2:00p.m. at United Funeral Service. A graveside service will be at 1:00p.m. Tuesday, May 2, 2023 at R.H. Munford Cemetery in Covington, TN. United Funeral Service is honored to be entrusted with these arrangements.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Harlan Wayne Berkley; her parents; a son, Kevin Ray Berkley; a brother, Merle Wayne Owens; and her adoptive parents, who raised her as one of their own eleven children, Benjamin C. and Mittie Grant.

She is survived by two sons, Richard Wayne Berkley (Allison) and James Harlan Berkley (Lori); a brother, Rick Owens (Cindy); and two grandsons, Matthew Berkley and Tyler Berkley (Kellye).

For online condolences and guest registry, please visit www.unitedfuneralservice.com

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