James Ephram Berry, 85, of Madisonville, Ky graduated to Heaven on June 7, 2015. He was met by his wife of sixty-two years, Ginna Carol Kennedy Berry, his parents, Lansdel Wilson Berry and Ethel Mae Groves Berry; sisters, Myra Berry, Virginia Berry and Bertha Alexander; along with a host of aunts, uncles and cousins.

He was a United States Korean War Army Veteran and was formerly an electrician with the Hopkins County Board of Education.

Survivors include his daughters, Allegia Hatch and husband John, Lisa Egbert and husband Robert, Patricia Fuller and husband Wayne all of Madisonville and Tracy Berry of Owensboro, KY; sister, Margie Grace; brother, John Berry; grandsons, Alex Baxter of Madisonville, James Aaron Baxter and wife Julie of Elizabethtown, KY and Joseph Baxter of Madisonville; granddaughters, Ginna Sarmiento and husband, Andres of Madisonville, Callie Merrifield and husband Wes of Louisville, KY and Cayce Hatch of Madisonville; great-grandchildren, Cruz Sarmiento, Jewel Sarmiento and James Adler Baxter; and several nieces and nephews.

Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10, 2015 in the chapel of Harris Funeral Home in Madisonville with Pastor Sean Dame officiating and Dr. Michael Knight assisting. Entombment to follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Gardens in Madisonville. Military honors will be conducted by 101st Airborne Division and the Hopkins County Honor Guard.

Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Tuesday and from 11 a.m. until the funeral hour Wednesday at Harris Funeral Home.

Pallbearers will be Robert Egbert, John Hatch, Wayne Fuller, Alex Baxter, James Aaron Baxter and Joseph Baxter.