<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Please keep the Berry family in your thoughts. <div>Christine</div><div>From President Tracy Soforenko:</div><div><br><div><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I am saddened to share that our Blue Ridge Chapter President, Woodrow (Woody) Berry passed on Saturday.</span><br><blockquote type="cite"><div><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Below, you will find the service details and then an obituary pulled from the funeral Home’s web site.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Woodrow-Cecil-Berry?obId=27485602#/obituaryInfo" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;">https://www.hillandwood.com/obituaries/Woodrow-Cecil-Berry?obId=27485602#/obituaryInfo</a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Service details are as follows:<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Visitation<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Tuesday, March 14, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">6:00PM - 8:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Charlottesville Chapel<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br>201 North 1st Street<br>Charlottesville, VA 22902</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The funeral will be on Thursday, March 16 at 1:00 PM at Hill and Wood Funeral Home in Charlottesville.<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><b><span style="font-size: 13.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Funeral Ceremony<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Thursday, March 16, 2023<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">1:00PM - 2:00PM<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Hill and Wood Funeral Home - Charlottesville Chapel<span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;"><br>201 North 1st Street<br>Charlottesville, VA 22902</span><o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><b><span style="font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Woodrow “Woody” Berry, 79, of Charlottesville, passed away on Saturday March 11, 2023.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">Your beautiful life will forever remain bright in our memories.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">THE FAMILY<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);"><o:p> </o:p></span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250);"><span style="font-size: 11.5pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(68, 68, 68);">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></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Please keep Carolyn and the family in your prayers at this time of need. <o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><o:p> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Tracy Soforenko<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">President, National Federation of the Blind of Virginia<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">202 285-4595<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">Tracy.soforenko@gmail.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nfb.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">www.nfb.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.nfbv.org/" style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193); text-decoration: underline;"><span style="color: rgb(5, 99, 193);">www.nfbv.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">National Federation of the Blind. Live the Life You Want<o:p></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">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. 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