Sybil Landers Berry

Sybil Landers Berry, 92, of Coleman died Thursday, December 11, 2014 at Hendrick Medical Center in Abilene. Funeral service will be 2:00 p.m. Sunday, December 14, 2014 at Stevens Funeral Home Chapel, 400 West Pecan Street, Coleman, with Pat Horner officiating. Burial will follow in the Coleman City Cemetery, under the direction of Stevens Funeral Home.

She was born Sybil Lucille Landers on September 6, 1922 in Fletcher, Oklahoma to Charles Eurbane Landers and Lucille Sikes Landers. Her parents were itinerant farm workers, so she grew up and attended school in Oklahoma and Texas. She did graduate Valedictorian of her class from Meadow High School in Meadow, Texas. She worked at the flight school at the Coleman Airport during World War II. On January 1, 1946, she married Cecil Weldon Berry. He preceded her in death on September 22, 1991.

Mrs. Berry worked as a bookkeeper for several years and was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church. This past Thanksgiving, with all her family around her, she said that she was very thankful for such a large and loving family and a long and happy life.

Survivors include three children, Dewayne Berry and wife, Ina, of Coleman, Deborah Barker of Coleman, Dellene Reid and husband, Richard, of Kerrville; one sister, Nan Miller of Royse City; ten grandchildren, Anna Henderson of Boise, Idaho, Rebekah Rauser of Austin, Elizabeth Berry of Texarkana, Arkansas, Sarah Berry of Milsap, Jackson Berry of Austin, Ali Birdwell of Tulsa, Oklahoma, Jessica Shaer of Harlingen, Marty Hicks of Conroe, Halley Mills of Kerrville, Leah Reid of Kerrville; 24 great grandchildren and numerous nieces and nephews.

Besides her husband, Cecil, she was also preceded in death by a grandson, Spencer Berry; a daughter, Diane Berry; two sisters, Pauline Stanley, Patsy Berry and a brother, Jack Landers.

Family visitation will be from 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Saturday, December 13, 2014 at the funeral home.

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