Amous Berry
April 15, 1904-Jan. 17, 1978
Niles Daily Star, Thursday, January 19, 1978, page 2, col. 5, microfilm Niles District Library
NILES--Amous Berry Jr., 73, of 411 Gumwood Road, died at 7:50 p.m. Tuesday at Unity after an extended illness.
Mr. Berry was born April 15, 1904 in Newport, Ark., and moved to the area in 1951 from Sodus. He was a retired farmer.
He married Sylvia Johnson in 1921 in Weldon, Ark. She died Feb. 13, 1976.
Survivors include two sons, Robert Lee of Rockford, Ill., and Willie Lee of Kansas City, Mo.; a daughter, Mrs. Luella Kirkwood of Niles; a brother, Louis of Chicago; three sisters, Mrs. Sally Jackson of Omaha, Neb., Mrs. Laura Bell of Memphis, Tenn., and Mrs. Roberta Wise, Jonesboro, Ark.; and 11 grandchildren.
Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at the Mt. Olive Missionary Baptist Church, with the Revs. Eugene Jones and Fletcher McAfee officiating. Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery.
Friends may call after 7 p.m. Thursday at the Pifer Chapel of the Swem-Smith Funeral Home.