Jimmy Wayne Berry, of Amarillo, Texas, passed away on Oct. 17, 2026, at home in the loving arms of family.
Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026, at the Calvary Baptist Church in Wellington with Rev. Noah Downing, pastor, officiating, Burial will follow in North Fairview Cemetery. Arrangements are by Adams Funeral Home of Wellington.
Pallbears are Austin Collingsworth, Preston Berry, Taylor Swearingen, Dawson Berry, Hayden Berry, and Nick McGilvary.
Jim was born on Jan. 7, 1944, in Plainview, Texas, and moved to Amarillo when he was 10 years old. He graduated from Amarillo Palo Duro High School in 1962. His junior and senior years in high school, Jim served in the Navy Reserve, and he proudly served on active duty for two years.
Jim had an extensive career as a master electrician doing commercial electrical work, retiring in 2006 as an electrician for the VA Hospital. He also served as a Mason and a Shriner. Jim married Sue Ward Berry, the love of his life, on Jan. 5, 1980, at their niece Carol McRoberts’ house in Canyon, Texas. They were married 46 ½ years.
Jim is proceeded in death by his mother, Claudine Cross, and stepfather, Ren Cross; and two brothers, Ray Berry and Keith Berry.
Jim is survived by his loving wife Sue; two sons, Mike and wife Jennifer, and Steve and wife Traci, both of Burleson; two daughters, Carla Swearingen and husband Stan, of Amarillo, and Sherry Crossland and husband Dale, of Corpus Christi; eight grandchildren, Jennifer McGilvary and husband Nick, and Taylor Swearingen and wife Keelie, both of Amarillo, Lauren Mikolajczyk and husband John, of Portland, Texas, Austin Collingsworth, of Corpus Christi, and Preston Berry, Hayden Berry, Dawson Berry, and Shaylee Berry, all of Burleson; eight great-grandchildren, Wyatt Steele, Ava Stuart, Bentley Swearingen, Willow Swearingen, Iris Swearingen, Easland Collingsworth, Chloe McGilvary, and Miles McGilvary; and a brother, Gene Berry.
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