Mrs. Nelle Jones Berry departed this life on Saturday, August 19, 2017, at Mitchell-Hollingsworth Nursing and Rehabilation Center in Florence, Alabama at the age of 94 Years, 10 Months, 27 Days. She was born September 23, 1922 in Wayne County, TN the daughter of the late Marshall A. and Flora Copeland Jones.
She was united in marriage to Eugene Allen Berry on January 6, 1942. Mr. Berry preceded her in death on July 12, 1996.
Mrs. Berry and her late husband Gene were the owners of the Chatter Box Cafe in Florence which they ran for many years. She was a member of the Scotts Chapel Freewill Baptist Church , daughters of the American Revolution and the Wayne County Historical Society.
She is survived by daughters, Rev. Eugenia Joyce Alexander, Port Orange, FL, Essa Joan Hart, Iron City, TN., grandchildren, Robert A. Alexander, Cary Alexander, Danasa McColl, Derek Pierce, Jimmy Dean, great grandchildren, Tyler Alexander, Morgan Alexander, Braden McColl, Grace Dean, Allie Pierce, Alexis Pierce, Hadley Pierce, Tucker Furline, great great grandchild, Madalyn Cochran, sisters, Vada Elizabeth Wright of Collinwood, TN, Jimmy Juanita Reeves of Cherokee, AL., In addition to her husband and parents, Mrs. Berry was preceded in death by brothers, Warren Jones and Marshall C. Jones, sister, Ova Jean Jaynes.
Services will be held on Saturday, August 26, 2017 at 1:00 PM at Shackelford Funeral Home chapel in Collinwood, Tennessee, with John Allen Berry and John E. Banks officiating. Burial will follow in Memorial Gardens, Collinwood, Tennessee with Shackelford Funeral Directors in charge of the arrangements.
Visitation will be on Saturday, August 26, 11:00 am until service time @ Shackelford Funeral Home, Collinwood.
Pallbearers, Robert Alexander, Scott McColl, Jimmy Dean, Tyler Alexander, Lucas Berry, Steve Berry