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Graveside service 10 a.m. Saturday, Masonic Cemetery, Gonzales, Texas. Ninde Brookside.Ballard, Deemecia, 27, died Friday in San Antonio. Services pending. Butler-Stumpff.Berg, Mary Frances, 97, professional volunteer, died Friday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Monday, Trinity Lutheran Church, Broken Arrow. Moore’s Southlawn.Chambers, Robert Junior, 90, Army veteran, died Sunday. Service 10 a.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.Chase, Gene R., 92, engineer, pilot and Navy veteran, died Monday. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, University Village Stovall Theatre. Ninde Brookside.Cleveland, Craig Duane, 59, died Monday. Memorial service 1 p.m. Saturday, Forest Park Christian Church. Moore’s Southlawn.Cole, Roland “Buddy,” 75, auto mechanic, died Saturday. Memorial service 3 p.m. Friday, Floral Haven Funeral Home Chapel, Broken Arrow.Cooper, Billy Gene, 62, Army veteran, died Friday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday and service 12:30 p.m. Saturday, both at Floral Haven Funeral Home, Broken Arrow.Elrod, James “Jimbo,” 62, former NFL football player, died Dec. 12. Memorial service 2 p.m. Saturday, Asbury United Methodist Church. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.Flake, Emmalee, 89, homemaker, died Saturday. Service 2 p.m. Friday, Moore’s Southlawn Funeral Home Chapel.Gent, Aline Opal, 96, Sears creditor, died Sunday. Private family services. Floral Haven, Broken Arrow.Grayson, Donald Lee, 65, Sheraton Hotel kitchen supervisor, died Dec. 23 in Oklahoma City. Service 2 p.m. Jan. 10, Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home Chapel.Harris, Elizabeth A., 95, businesswoman, died Tuesday. Visitation 5-8 p.m. Friday, Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial Chapel, and service 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Regency Park Church of the Nazarene. Fitzgerald Southwood Colonial.Hilligoss, Mary Jane, 79, homemaker, died Sunday. Service 11 a.m. Saturday, Memorial Park Cemetery Chapel. Moore’s Southlawn.Hooks, Margaret, 81, Tulsa Public Schools educator, died Dec. 28. Visitation 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Stanleys Funeral Service, and service 11 a.m. Thursday, First Baptist ...

Services are 2 p.m. Monday at Temple Baptist Church. Visitation is 5-8 p.m. Sunday at the church. Burial will be in New Winnsboro Cemetery in Winnsboro.Joe P. Daniel, Jr., 93Joe P. Daniel, nurse practitioner, of West Monroe, died Thursday. Services are 10 a.m. on Monday at Kilpatrick Funeral Home, West Monroe. Burial will follow at Hasley Cemetery.William Bill Wester Sr., 94TOCCOA, GeorgiaWilliam Bill Wester Sr. formerly of Crowville, died Friday. Services are 11 a.m. Monday at Crowville Masonic Cemetery under the direction of Gill First National Funeral Home in Winnsboro.Previously acknowledgedRuddell, Melba Arlene: 1 p.m. Monday, Standard Baptist Church, Olla.Stanfill, George Lyndell: 11 a.m. Monday, Calvin Baptist Chuch, Calvin.Funeral homes should submit death notices information by 4 p.m.Email: deathnotices@thenewsstar.comRead or Share this story: http://tnsne.ws/1V30lwC...

James Maxwell Berry, age 71 years, of Emory, Texas, passed away Sunday, September 11, 2016 at the Eastern Texas Medical Center in Tyler, Texas.Jim was born May 20, 1945 in Springfield, Mo. the son of T. Maxwell and Virginia Lee Williams Berry. A lifelong resident of the Jefferson City area, Jim was a 1963 graduate of Jefferson City High School.Jim moved to Marshfield, Mo. in the mid-seventies, where he worked as an architect and engineer in Springfield, Mo. He achieved his boyhood dream of being a rancher when he bought his first farm in 1979. In 1999, Jim moved to Sulphur Springs, Texas and continued fulfilling his passion in ranch work. He accepted a career opportunity with Hanna Construction, and worked with the company until his retirement in 2008.Jim was a master of the outdoors. He enjoyed fishing, gardening, horseback riding and even trained cutting horses for many years of his life. Jim was happiest in the wide open country air. He enjoyed hunting a variety of wild game animals. Survivors include: three daughters, Janet Farris (Jeff Atkins), Elizabeth Schwartz (Jeff) and Senica Berry (Jill French); three siblings, Lynn Stout (Tom), Mike Berry and Donna Berry (Shane Mitchell); four grandchildren, Kyra Rackers (Larry), Zachary Webster, Dylan Webster and Jamie Webster; one great grandchild, Cam Rackers; and two nephews, Chris Stout (Wanda) and Scott Stout.He was preceded in death by his parents and one younger brother, Thomas Berry.A private family service will be conducted at the Masonic Cemetery in Dadeville, Mo. at a later date.In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions are suggested to a charity of the donor’s choice. Funeral arrangements are under the care and direction of Freeman Mortuary.