Eddie was the second son of Fred O. Berry, Sr.and Georgia Rule Berry.Eddie grew up in the Mount Olive Community and attended Mount Olive Elementary School.By his Sophomore year in high school he was employed by his father in the family business at Berry Funeral Home. He graduated from Young High School in South Knoxville in 1956 and following high school entered Dallas Institute Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Dallas, Texas. Eddie graduated college in 1957 with high honors and was a member of Pi Sigma Eta, a national Morticians Honor Fraternity for academic excellence. He returned to Knoxville and became part of the third generation to enter the family business. After the death of Fred Sr., Eddie became Co-Owner and served as Secretary-Treasurer of Berry Funeral Home. Eddie was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and a trustee of Mt. Olive Cemetery. Charter member and Past President of the South Knoxville Masonic Lodge #769 F & A.M. Avid sportsman, beekeeper, and enjoyed family genealogy and local history.
Eddie was the second son of Fred O. Berry, Sr.and Georgia Rule Berry.Eddie grew up in the Mount Olive Community and attended Mount Olive Elementary School.By his Sophomore year in high school he was employed by his father in the family business at Berry Funeral Home. He graduated from Young High School in South Knoxville in 1956 and following high school entered Dallas Institute Gupton-Jones College of Mortuary Science in Dallas, Texas. Eddie graduated college in 1957 with high honors and was a member of Pi Sigma Eta, a national Morticians Honor Fraternity for academic excellence. He returned to Knoxville and became part of the third generation to enter the family business. After the death of Fred Sr., Eddie became Co-Owner and served as Secretary-Treasurer of Berry Funeral Home. Eddie was a member of Mt. Olive Baptist Church and a trustee of Mt. Olive Cemetery. Charter member and Past President of the South Knoxville Masonic Lodge #769 F & A.M. Avid sportsman, beekeeper, and enjoyed family genealogy and local history.
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