Berry Lee Collier

Abt 1865 - 1923  (58 years)

• Name	Berry Lee Collier
  Birth	Abt 1865	Lincoln Co., TN
  Gender	Male
  _UID	62A2DAF2EC0FD511B568BD47275DDA4E7E7A
  Death	2 Feb 1923	Bedford Co., TN
  Person ID	I5426	sorrells
  Last Modified	29 Jun 2021

  
  

  Father	Mark Jeptha Colier,   b. 20 May 1824   d. 14 Aug 1900 (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Virginia C. "Burley" Reese,   b. 1 Feb 1826, VA d. 31 Mar 1902 (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	13 Nov 1851	Lincoln Co., TN
  Family ID	F880	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Ellen Gammill,   b. 18 Sep 1869, TN d. 3 Mar 1950, Bedford Co., TN (Age 80 years)
  Children	1. Daughter Collier,   b. 23 Nov 1887, Moore Co., TN d. 23 Nov 1887, Moore Co., TN (Age 0 years)   2. Eva Virginia Collier,   b. 14 Nov 1902, Moore Co., TN d. 4 Oct 1993, Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN (Age 90 years)   3. Living   4. Living   5. Infant Collier,   b. 16 Jan 1890, Moore Co., TN d. 16 Jan 1890, Moore Co., TN (Age 0 years)   6. Son Collier,   b. 18 Dec 1894, Moore Co., TN d. 18 Dec 1894, Moore Co., TN (Age 0 years)   7. Reuben Terry Collier,   b. 18 Dec 1894, Moore Co., TN d. 15 Dec 1970, Shelbyville, Bedford Co., TN (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F2100	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2024

  
  

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  Berry Lee Collier obituary

  
  

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  Berry Lee Collier BIRTH 1865 Moore County, Tennessee, USA DEATH 2 Feb 1923 (aged 57–58) Bedford County, Tennessee, USA BURIAL Willow Mount Cemetery Shelbyville, Bedford County, Tennessee, USA MEMORIAL ID 90752660 He was the son of Mark Collier & Virginia Reece, His occupation was a Harness Maker. Two Shelbyville Men Killed by Live Wire: Both Meet Instant Death While Walking Together Along street: Shelyville, TN Feb 2 Rev. H. B. Cramwell, 60, a Methodist minister, and Berry L. Collier, 45, former merchant, both of Shelbyville, were killed instantly here 7:30 o'clock tonight when they came in contact with a live wire which was blown down in the course of a sever electrical storm. The accident took place near the Shelbyville Harness Company’s factory in the business section of the town. A number of people who had gone to the front of their stores a few minutes before to investigate why the lights of the town had gone out, witnessed the tragedy. The two men were walking together up Main street en route to their homes, and had just left the harness factory where they were both said to have been employed. Reverend Collier, who was a minter in the Methodist Episcopal Church, is survived by a wife and several children. Mr. Cromwell leaves a wife and four children. Funeral arrangements for the two men had not been made at a late hour tonight. A number of windows in the business portion of the town and several automobile tops were damaged by the wind that accompanied the storm.