Hilda Berry Obituary

BERRY, Hilda PROVIDENCE COMMUNITY - Mrs. Hilda Collier Berry, widow of Rev. Roy Alton Berry, died Thursday, February 12, 2009 at The Oaks in Orangeburg, S.C. Funeral services will be 3 p.m. Sunday at Providence United Methodist Church with Rev. Karen E. Starr officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Berry was born in the Vance Township on August 29, 1910. She grew up in the Providence Community of Orangeburg County. Mrs. Berry was the only daughter of Olin S. Collier, Sr. and Simmie Whetsell Collier. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, three brothers and sisters-in-law; Dennis O. Collier (Kathleen E.), Herbert W. Collier (Elizabeth R.) and Olin S. Collier, Jr. (Margaret J.); and a grandson, Paul R. Weathers. She was graduated from Providence High School in 1927 and from Lander College in 1931. She taught school for 20 years in various public schools in South Carolina, retiring from VonKolnitz Middle School in Charleston District in 1974. After her husband's retirement from the ministry of the United Methodist Church, they made their home in the Providence community. She lived there until she moved to Goose Creek in 2004. She was a member of Providence United Methodist Church, the Faithful Workers Sunday School class, which she taught for a number of years, the United Methodist Women, and the Senior Citizens of Providence. She is survived by two children: Ms. Virginia B. Dangerfield of Goose Creek, and Dr. Roy H. Berry and his wife Mary of Spartanburg; three grandchildren, Mrs. Virginia W. Harden (H.C., III) of Canton, Ga., Dr. Jeff M. Berry of Dallas, Tex., and Miss Lindy S. Berry of Charleston; two great-grandchildren, Miss Cheney Harden and Mr. Wayne Weathers; and a number of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 4 to 6 p.m. this Saturday at AVINGER FUNERAL HOME. Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to Providence United Methodist Church, C/O Mary Ann Shuler, 107 Westbelt Road, Holly Hill, SC 29059, or to charity of one's choice. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.