MERVYN CARROLL BERRYHILL; HE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 30, 1921 IN WANETTE, OKLAHOMA TO PARENTS PEARLIE AND MERVYN BERRYHILL. HE EXPIRED IN LIVINGSTON, TEXAS ON JULY 16, 2015 AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. HE GRADUATED FROM SHAWNEE HIGH SCHOOL, IN SHAWNEE, OKLAHOMA ON MAY 17, 1940. HE ENTERED THE UNITED STATE NAVY ON FEBRUARY 20, 1942 AND WAS STATIONED ABOARD THE USS WHIPPLE AS A SONAR OPERATOR. HIS SEA DUTY INCLUDED THE AMERICAN THEATRE, ASIATIC PACIFIC, EUROPE, AND AFRICA. HE WAS DISCHARGED NOVEMBER 18, 1945. HE SERVED DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE KOREAN WAR, AND RECEIVED NUMEROUS MEDALS AND COMMEDATIONS.
HE MARRIED HELEN DORCUS JOHNSON IN 1975, AND RESIDED IN PASADENA, TX. HE WAS EMPLOYED BY SHELL OIL, AS A CHEMIST FOR THE NEXT 35 YEARS, WHICH HE RETIRED FROM AND MOVED TO LIVINGSTON, TX.
CARROLL IS SURVIVED BY HIS SISTER, VELMA MAYO, SONS JIMMY & SHALLY KNAPPE, CHARLES & ODIE BERRYHILL, AND ALLAN & DEBBY BERRYHILL, DAUGHTER BARBARA GILLESPIE, DAUGHTER BESSIE & GENE INSALL, DAUGHTER JANE & ANDREW HOWARD, SON RAY SHELTON, SON GILBERT SHELTON, AND DAUGHTER LYNN & VERNON HOWARD.
42 GRANDCHILDREN, 46 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 30 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, 2 GREAT GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILDREN, AND NUMEROUS NEPHEWS, NIECES, AND IN-LAWS.
PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS PEARLIE & MERVYN BERRYHILL, HIS GRANDSON SEAN KELVIN HOWARD, GREAT GRANDSON JASON WILKERSON, BROTHER CLIFF BERRYHILL, WIFE HELEN BERRYHILL, SON WESLEY SHELTON, SON-IN-LAW REGGIE GILLESPIE, AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW SHERRY SHELTON.
SPECIAL FRIENDS INCLUDE:
ESCAPEES RV CLUB STAFF, FAMILY & MEMBERS
VFW SERVICE MEMBERS & STAFF
MEMBERS OF ELECTORAL COLLEGE
LADIES AUXILLARY
MEMBERS OF AFLCIO
SHELL EMPLOYEES PAST & PRESENT
AND NUMEROUS AMOUNT OF FRIENDS
SPECIAL THANKS TO STAFF OF THE BRADFORD, PINE RIDGE HEALTH CARE, STAFF OF CHI ST LUKES, LIVINGSTON, AND GENTIVA HOSPICE
IN LIEU OF FLOWERS MR. BERRYHILL REQUESTED THAT DONATIONS BE MADE TO THE VFW. TO SIGN THE ONLINE GUESTBOOK, PLEASE GO TO www.pacefuneral.com.

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