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James Oatis Berry son of John Alpheus and Deborah Jane Berry was born May 16, 1872, near Woodsfield, Monroe County, Ohio. At the age of 10 his family moved to Putnam Co near Powersville, Putnam County, Mo. There he grew to manhood, in 1895 he moved to Kansas near Holton, after 6 years there in 1901 he moved to Oklahoma, living in different parts of the state.

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unidentified newspaper clipping, James Oatis Berry
-James Oatis Berry was born May 16, 1872, near Woodsfield, Ohio, and passed away March 6, 1961 at the age of 88, at Chickasha, Oklahoma.
-Mr Berry came to Oklahoma Territory in 1901. He was married to Alta T Greer, January 24, 1904, at Clio, Iowa and together they homesteaded a farm southwest of Vici. To this union was born five children, Conda J, who passed away in October 1915, Veda, Vera, Merlin and Margie Marie.
-In March 1919 Mr Berry moved with his family to Vici and in 1947 he and his wife moved to Chickasha, Oklahoma where he resided until his death. He was a member of the First Christian Church of Chickasha.
-He leaves his wife Alta, of the home, three daughters, Mrs Veda Eggleston, 1828 Arizona, Chickasha, Okla, Mrs Vera Craven, 3912 Pima Way, North Highlands, California, Margie Marie Chandler, 1128 SW 37th Street, Oklahoma City, Okla, one son, Merlin J Berry, 1014 S Weber, Colorado Springs, Colo; six grandchildren, Judy, C T and Stephen Chandler, James W and Linda Berry and Charles Craven; one sister, Mrs E M Salisbury of St Mary's, Kansas.

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Chickasha Daily Express, Chickasha, Grady Co, Oklahoma, Monday, 6 March 1961, James Oatis Berry
-James Oatis Berry, 88, died at 5:10 a.m. today at the home of his daughter Mrs E Eggleston, 1828 Arizona, where he had been living. He had been in failing health two years. . . .

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Chickasha Daily Express Chickasha, Grady Co, Oklahoma, Tuesday, 7 Mar 1961
James Otis [sic] Berry
-The funeral service for James Oatis Berry, 88, will be at 2 pm Thursday in the chapel of Sevier's Chickasha Funeral Home. Rev Orval Holt, minister of the First Christian Church, will officiate. Interment will be at Fairlawn Cemetery.
-Berry died Monday at his home, 1828 Arizona.

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-Rev Oral Holt, minister of the First Christian Church, officiated at the funeral service for James Oatis Berry, 88, of 1828 Arizona, Thursday afternoon in the chapel of Sevier's Chickasha Funeral Home.
-Jerry Smith sang, accompanied by Mrs Frieda Young, Organist.
-Pallbearers were V M Malone, W H Eggleston, J B Schurch, Harvey Westfall, J J Calaway and Vernon Cox.
-Interment was at Fairlawn Cemetery.

---Death certificate: Oklahoma
James Oatis Berry, farmer, married, age 88, died March 6, 1961, at 1828 Arizona, Chickasha, Grady Co, Oklahoma, of cerebral thrombosis; general and cerebral arteriosclerosis; chronic glaucoma. Born May 17, 1872, Woodsfield, Ohio, to John A Berry and Deborah Adamson. Informant - [blank]. Burial March 9, 1961, Fairlawn Cemetery, Chickasha, Oklahoma, Sevier Funeral Home, Chickasha, Oklahoma.