[NFBV-Announce] The Passing of Woodrow Berry - Funeral on 3/16

[tracy.soforenko at gmail.com]

I am saddened to share that our Blue Ridge Chapter President, Woodrow
(Woody) Berry passed on Saturday.

Below, you will find the service details and then an obituary pulled from
the funeral Home's web site.

https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Woodrow-Cecil-Berry?obId=27485602#/ob
ituaryInfo

 

Service details are as follows:

Visitation

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

6:00PM - 8:00PM

Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Charlottesville Chapel
201 North 1st Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

 

The funeral will be on Thursday, March 16 at 1:00 PM at Hill and Wood
Funeral Home in Charlottesville.

Funeral Ceremony

Thursday, March 16, 2023

1:00PM - 2:00PM

Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Charlottesville Chapel
201 North 1st Street
Charlottesville, VA 22902

 

Obituary

Woodrow "Woody" Berry, 79, of Charlottesville, passed away on Saturday March
11, 2023.

 

Woody was born on December 31,1943, in Wolftown, Madison Virginia to the
late Earlybird Berry and Polly Ann Berry. Woody was preceded in death a
brother, Mitchel "Mitch" Berry.

 

Woody was a faithful member of the Jefferson Park Baptist Church,
Charlottesville Virginia. He worked for the University of Virginia Radiology
Department for 37 years. Woody was united in holy matrimony to Carolyn Ruth
Wilson on June 6, 1970. With that union born a daughter, Delores Berry
Durrette and son, Scott Haywood Berry.

 

God lent us a very pure and special person who was loved by everyone. On
Saturday, March 11, 2023, we returned this beautiful life to him. We are
thankful for the privilege to having shared the life of such a beloved
person.

 

Woody was very active despite his blindness. He loved swimming in his pool,
riding his bike across Italy, kayaking the rivers around Charlottesville,
and most of all playing his guitars.

 

Cherishing great memories of his life, his devoted wife, Carolyn Ruth Berry,
daughter, Delores Berry Durrette, Son-in-law, Latroy "Tito" Durrette and
son, Scott Haywood Berry. He also leaves his beloved granddaughter, Kayla
Durrette, and a host of other relatives and many devoted friends.

 

Your beautiful life will forever remain bright in our memories.

THE FAMILY

 

The family will receive friends and family from 6:00pm - 8:00pm on Tuesday
March 14, 2023, at Hill and Wood Funeral Home Charlottesville, Virginia.
Funeral service will be held at 1:00pm on Thursday, March 16, 2023, at Hill
and Wood Funeral Home, Charlottesville, Virginia. In lieu of flowers please
make a donation to the Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind Alumni.

Please keep Carolyn and  the family in your prayers at this time of need.  

 

 

Tracy Soforenko

President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia

202 285-4595

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