Jurnei Micbrailyn Berry

Marietta Monitor

29 March 2002, pg 4

Submitted by: Martha N. Reddout

Services for Jurnei Micbrailyn Berry, nine-months-old, of Ringling, were held at 2:30 p.m., Sunday, March 24, in the Marvin Acree Memorial United Methodist Church in Ringling, with the Rev. Scott Rogers and the Rev. Art Brown officiating.

Jurnei was born May 25, 2001, in Ardmore, the daughter of Joseph Allen and Candace Raina Lester Berry. She died Thursday, March 21, 2002, in Healdton.

She lived her brief life in Ringling with a loving family and devoted friends.

Survivors include her parents, Joe and Candace Berry of the home; three brothers, Cruise, Jacobi and Jordan-Pike Berry, all of the home; paternal grandmother, Glenda Berry of Garfield, Arkansas; maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lester of Rubottom; maternal great-grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lester of Courtney; paternal great-grandmother, Mrs. Gladys Leslie of Garfield; maternal great-grandfather, Jack Tipton of Ringling; maternal great- grandmother, Mrs. Peggy Holman of Madill; maternal great-great-grandmother, Mrs. Bon Coyle-Basheres of Ringling; uncles, Mike Berry and family of Zaneis, Siad Berry and family of Hamlett, Indiana, and Branon, Summer and Alexis Lester of Courtney; aunts, Sharon and John Thompson of Wanatah, Indiana, and Pat and Jemilia Harrison of Tennessee; godmother, Cindy Parks; and best friend, Miranda Parks.

Jurnei was preceded in death by her paternal grandfather, Deliwood Berry; maternal great-grandmother, JoAnn Davis; maternal great-great-grandmother, Hazel Lester; and maternal great-great-grandfather, Earl Coyle.

Pallbearers were uncles, Branon Lester and Mike Berry, her Daddy, Joe.

Interment was in the Ringling Memorial Cemetery, under the direction of Alexander Funeral Home, Ringling.

Memorial contributions may be made to the J.D. McCarty Center for Children with Developmental Disabilities, Attn: Uwe Von Schamann, 1125 East Alameda, Norman, OK 73071. Checks should be made payable to the Oklahoma Foundation for Persons with Disabilities.