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Cornelia McLees Berry

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Birth	:	1899 Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
Death	:	20 May 1966 Hemingway, Williamsburg County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	McCall Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.6258011, -79.6753006
Description	:	Daughter of James Thornwell and Johnnie Abney McLees, wife of Clarence Edmonson Berry. BENNETTSVILLE - Mrs. Cornelia McLees Berry of Bennettsville, widow of C. E. Berry, died at Hemingway Friday at 3:30 p.m. following an illness of several weeks. She was being carried by ambulance to a Charleston hospital. Funeral services will be held from Whitner Funeral Home Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Burial will be in McCall Cemetery. The Rev. J. H. Kohler will officiate. A housewife, patriotic organizational official, and a former public school teacher, Mrs. Berry was a native of Greenwood County. She was a daughter of the late James Thornwell... Read More	Daughter of James Thornwell and Johnnie Abney McLees, wife of Clarence Edmonson Berry. BENNETTSVILLE - Mrs. Cornelia McLees Berry of Bennettsville, widow of C. E. Berry, died at Hemingway Friday at 3:30 p.m. following an illness of several weeks. She was being carried by ambulance to a Charleston hospital. Funeral services will be held from Whitner Funeral Home Sunday at 4:30 p.m. Burial will be in McCall Cemetery. The Rev. J. H. Kohler will officiate. A housewife, patriotic organizational official, and a former public school teacher, Mrs. Berry was a native of Greenwood County. She was a daughter of the late James Thornwell and Johnnie Abney McLees. She attended Greenwood schools and Winthrop College. She was a member of First Methodist Church and a former president of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Mrs. Berry was the president of the Duke of Marlborough Chapter, SC Society Colonial Dames XVII Century, and a historian of the SC Society Colonial Dames XVII Century. She was a member of Pee Dee Chapter DAR and past president SC DAR. She was past president of Pee Dee Chapter Daughters of American Colonists and chaplain Pee Dee Chapter, Daughters of American Colonists. She was past vice president and member of the SC Society Daughters of Colonial Wars; past president of the Auxiliary of American Legion Post No. 60, past president, charter member and member of Palmetto Book Club and past treasurer of American Red Cross. Surviving are two sons, Clarence Edmondson Berry Jr. and Charles McLees Berry, both of Bennettsville; and two sisters, Mrs. Lucia McLees Mercer of Gastonia, N.C. and Mrs. Carolyn McLees Terry of Hartsville. Published in the News and Courier, May 1966

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Cornelia McLees Berry's memorial is located at: McCall Cemetery, Bennettsville, Marlboro County, USA.
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Cornelia McLees Berry death on 20 May 1966 in Hemingway, Williamsburg County, South Carolina, USA
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Latitude: 34.6258011
Longitude: -79.6753006

Family Members:

Parent

James Thornwell McLees

(1859 - 1939)

Johnnie Pope Abney McLees

(1864 - 1932)

Spouse

Clarence Edmonson Berry

(1893 - 1965)

Siblings

Dr Mary Hunter McLees

(1887 - 1953)

Mattie Abney McLees

(1887 - 1887)

Harriet McLees Ethridge Strom

(1895 - 1955)

Joel Abney McLees

(1897 - 1898)

Ruth McLees

(1904 - 1939)

Children

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