Donald Lamar Berry
Dec. 15, 1969-April 17, 2004
Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 21, 2004, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library
Funeral services for Donald Lamar Berry, 34, of 1103 N. Ninth St., Niles, are Friday at 1 p.m. at Mount Calvary Baptist Church, Niles, by the Rev. Tommie L. Bridgeman of New Harvest Christian Ministries.
Burial will be in Silverbrook Cemetery, Niles.
Berry died Saturday at 5:15 p.m. at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in South Bend, Ind., following a motorcycle accident.
He was born Dec. 15, 1969, in Niles, and was a lifetime resident of the area.
Berry was a U.S. Army Veteran and a member of the New Harvest Christian Ministries in South Bend.He worked in the paint shop at AM General Corp.
Survivors include his parents, Donald Cross and Christine Cosey, of Niles; his step-father, Otis Cosey; his grandfather, Sherwoood Cross; a son, Dontoni Harris of Fort Hood, Texas; ; a step-son, Martelle Mitchell of Mishawaka, Ind.; a niece, Deja Berry; a brother, Dejwan Berry of Niles; and a step-brother, Henry Davis of South Bend; a god-daughter, Miracle Berry of Indianapolis;
and his fiancee, Michelle Tavorn.
Friends may call Friday from noon to 1 p.m at Mount Calvary Baptist Church.
Hoven Funeral Home, Buchanan, was in charge of arrangements.
Memorials may be made to New Harvest Christian Ministries, 5911 York Road, South Bend, IN. 46614.
*Published originally in Niles Daily Star, Tuesday, April 20, 2004, page 2, col. 1, and then republished with corrections and additional survivors in Wednesday's paper.