Sidney ("Sid") Lanier Berry

Sidney ("Sid") Lanier Berry, originally born in Oxford GA in 1927, passed on November 29, 2020 in Peachtree Corners, GA. He is survived by his sister Joan Wade and brother John Berry, and his three daughters, Janice Gipe, Darlene Lauth, and Denise Berry. He has six grandchildren: Sydney Forter Williams, Greg and James Lauth, Janese Gipe Parker, Jessica Marshall and Joshua Gipe. Sidney also has five great-grandchildren: Nora and Georgia Gipe, Grant and Alexis Marshall and Amelia Kate Williams. He is preceded in death by his wife of 64 years, Mildred Berry, his brothers James and Jack Berry, and his sisters Dorothy Fields and Katharine White

Sidney held a lifelong interest in human growth and development and an insatiable thirst for more answers. This curiosity guided him in selecting jobs, motivated his educational choices, and drove his love of writing and asking questions. All the while, Sid's ultimate goal was to know all that there is to know about God.

An Atlanta native, Sidney Lanier Berry graduated Central Night High School on May 22, 1947. Afterwards he enlisted in the Navy with his brother, James. Sid was a Construction Battalion Member/Shipfitter, landing in the Philippines aboard the USS Valve. He married Mildred Griswell upon his return home from WWII and took a job in the Civil Service. Afterwards, Sidney began his job at the Centers for Disease Control and obtained his Bachelor's degree in Management from Georgia State University.

Sid served as an Adjunct Professor at Georgia State University and designed and operated an off campus undergraduate class there. He managed the CDC's Employee Development Program as a career employee. Sid served as the Lay Associate Minister at Belvedere United Methodist Church.

After retirement from the CDC, he founded and developed two personal businesses: Sid Berry & Associates Management Consulting Corporation and American Institutes for Management. Sid worked with a luxury home development company with his brother John in Watkinsville Georgia. He served as an Economic Developer for 20 northeast Georgia counties for the Northeast Georgia Planning & Development Agency. His ultimate position was Coordinator of the Faith, Hope & Charity Recycle Thrift Store in Ellijay, GA.

Sidney's life celebration will be held Thursday December 3 with a visitation beginning at 11:00 a.m., a funeral service beginning at 1:00 PM; both to be held at Ingram Funeral Home, 210 Ingram Ave., Cumming GA 30040. The funeral procession will move to Alcova Baptist Church in Lawrenceville Georgia for the interment afterwards.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Chamblee United First Methodist Church in Sidney's name,
https://www.chambleeumc.org

or a memorial donation to Habitat for Humanity International.

https://www.habitat.org/donate/?link=271&source_code=DNWW14071000045&keyword=header-single-gift

Ingram Funeral Home and Crematory, 210 Ingram Ave; Cumming, GA is in charge of the arrangements.