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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I am saddened to share that our Blue Ridge Chapter President, Woodrow (Woody) Berry passed on Saturday.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Below, you will find the service details and then an obituary pulled from the funeral Home’s web site.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Woodrow-Cecil-Berry?obId=27485602#/obituaryInfo">https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Woodrow-Cecil-Berry?obId=27485602#/obituaryInfo</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Service details are as follows:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Visitation<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Tuesday, March 14, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>6:00PM - 8:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Charlottesville Chapel<span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br>201 North 1st Street<br>Charlottesville, VA 22902</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The funeral will be on Thursday, March 16 at 1:00 PM at Hill and Wood Funeral Home in Charlottesville.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Funeral Ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Thursday, March 16, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>1:00PM - 2:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Charlottesville Chapel<span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><br>201 North 1st Street<br>Charlottesville, VA 22902</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Woodrow “Woody” Berry, 79, of Charlottesville, passed away on Saturday March 11, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>Your beautiful life will forever remain bright in our memories.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>THE FAMILY<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='background:#FAFAFA'><span style='font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>Please keep Carolyn and the family in your prayers at this time of need. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com"><span style='color:#0563C1'>Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfb.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://www.nfbv.org"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.nfbv.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The National Federation of the Blind is a community of members and friends who believe in the hopes and dreams of the nation’s blind. Every day we work together to help blind people live the lives they want.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>