Rebecca Ann Berry : Obituary

Rebecca Ann Berry, daughter of Homer and Vera Gresham, passed away peacefully at her home in Bent Tree near Jasper, Georgia on November 21, 2012.Rebecca was born on March 25, 1938 and is survived by her husband of 56 years Leonard Eugene Berry, and their three sons: Steven and His wife Cindy of Murrayville, Ga.; Dean and his wife Dawn of Ardmore, Ala.; and John and his wife Melanie of Charlotte, N.C.; Her brother Wayne Gresham and his wife Charlotte of Cleveland, Ga.; Rebecca was a loving mother to her children and devoted to her beloved eight grandchildren: Megan, Richard, Aubrey, Heath, Jorden, Malachi, Zachary and Austin. She always put her family first in everything. She loved and supported her husband through two long careers: one in the U.S. Air Force and another at Georgia State University. She made homes and raised her children with her husband in Japan, England and several states across the US. After her children left for college, she returned to complete her own college education at Georgia State University, receiving a Bachelor’s degree in business and accounting. She worked as an accountant for two companies in Atlanta and retired in 1991. She was a committed and humble volunteer both at her church and at food pantries in Atlanta and Jasper, Georgia. Knowing others would not want to do many of the menial and unglamorous tasks needed to provide food to needy families, with a glad heart she would be the first to volunteer to perform them.

A Memorial Service will be held for Rebecca at New Lebanon Presbyterian Church, 389 Bent Tree Dr., six miles east of Jasper, Georgia on November 25, 2012 at 2:30 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in her name to CARES (Pickens County Food Pantry), P.O. Box 1342, Jasper, Georgia 30143

The family will receive friends at the funeral home, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Friday, November 23, 2012.

Arrangement entrusted to the staff of Roper Funeral Home and Crematory, Jasper, Georgia. Online condolences may be sent to www.RoperFuneralHome.com