Mrs. Mary Ellen O’Berry, 83

Mrs. Mary Ellen O’Berry, 83, of Hazlehurst passed away Sept. 18 at Memorial Health in Savannah.
Mrs. O’Berry was born March 6, 1941, in Appling County to the late Vernon LeRoy Stone and the late Jessie Brown Yawn Stone. She was a member of Lumber City Church of God and was a loving mother and wonderful grandmother. Mrs. O’Berry was a home interior decorator and loved flowers and working outdoors in her yard and watching hummingbirds. She retired from Alco Controls as a Quality Control Inspector. Mrs. O’Berry was preceded in death by her husbands Buddy Carter, Jack “PePaw” Kennedy and Jim O’Berry; daughter-in-law Peggy Carter; brothers Vernon “Bo” Stone, Eugene Stone and Steve Stone.
Survivors include her daughter, Diane (Steve) Boyett of Hazlehurst; sons Keith (Tina) Carter of Hazlehurst and Brad Carter of Alma; sister Linda Stone of Hazlehurst; brother G. W. (Tommie Jean) Stone of Tifton; sisters-in-law Genie Stone of Baxley and Liz Stone of Hazlehurst; aunt Vivian Stone of Hazlehurst.; 12 grandchildren; 21 great-grandchildren; five great-great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Services were held Sept. 22. from the chapel of Swain Funeral Home with the Rev. David Deen, the Rev. Josh Carter and the Rev. Joey Andrews officiating. Interment followed Oak View Baptist Church Cemetery.
Active pallbearers were Jeffrey Jarrell, Wayne Stone, Matt Carter, Jeremy Carter, Jameson Rowland, Troy Stone and Carter Yawn.
Swain Funeral Home was in charge.