Dorothy Combs Berry, 89, of Hopkinsville, died Saturday, October 7, 2023 at her residence.
Funeral services will be at 1:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 11, 2023, at Second Baptist Church in Hopkinsville with Reverend Hunter Hanson officiating. Burial will follow in Green Hill Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on Wednesday, October 11, 2023, from 10:00 a.m. until the service hour at the church. Hughart, Beard, and Giles Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
A native of Allegre, KY she was born June 8, 1934, the daughter of the late James Thomas McCraw and Virginia Law McCraw. She worked primarily as a food service worker but was also a foster care provider and was a bona fide homemaker, assisting in the building of many of the homes her family lived in. She was married to Howard Douglas Combs for over 40 years and together raised three children. After his passing, she met and married George T. “Junior” Berry, Jr.
In addition to her parents, she is preceded in death by her husband: Howard Combs; and two sisters: Elsie Boatwright and Bernie Morris.
Survivors include her husband George T. “Junior” Berry: son: Gary Wayne (Nancy) Combs of Shalimar, Florida; daughters: Beverly (Dale) Taylor of Hopkinsville and Connie Towoda of Hopkinsville; brother: Ruben Leon McCraw of Hopkinsville; sister Geraldine (Billy) Mosley of Hopkinsville; three grandchildren; two step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; two step great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.
