After WWII

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<TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="751" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#660000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#660000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2635 ><NOBR><div> <B>Dad</B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18d42ca10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="161" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c5aacf0.jpg" border=0 width="170" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1928a52c0.jpg" border=0 width="165" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="192c2ce40.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="228" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e8ef080.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="264" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18dec2f70.jpg" border=0 width="194" height="247" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e52cb40.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="180" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dad in the desert</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e6de2c0.jpg" border=0 width="222" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dad hunting</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="192dc02c0.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dad</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <B>Mom</B></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c9e42c0.jpg" border=0 width="228" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ebc52c0.jpg" border=0 width="197" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ea112c0.jpg" border=0 width="273" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e2b0020.jpg" border=0 width="176" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ee2c260.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="294" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mom on the steps of <A HREF="http://brentberryarts.com/artist_info/tarabino_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brentberryarts.com/artist_info/ta"><U>haunted Tarabino house</U></A> in Trinidad</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18b22cd10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mom and the 1955 Dodge station wagon</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18f5d32c0.jpg" border=0 width="211" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mom in the late 1960's</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18f6cd2c0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Mom with Fez the cat</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 80 WIDTH="735"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>More Family</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 574 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e0fee90.jpg" border=0 width="254" height="233" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Grandma Pete (Dena Evans, later Anderson)</div> <div> My mom's mom</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e7f7cf0.jpg" border=0 width="247" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Great aunt Dorothy</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18f305010.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="257" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brother Jim and uncle Jim</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e4e3d50.jpg" border=0 width="227" height="213" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Dorothy "Doc"</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 879 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1897e6ac0.jpg" border=0 width="230" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Uncle Jim</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18f4d6ae0.jpg" border=0 width="214" height="174" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="18b889ac0.jpg" border=0 width="137" height="172" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Always kidding around</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18bb2cec0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18b9ce2c0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Uncle Don</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ed2ccf0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="207" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ec120b0.jpg" border=0 width="274" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 367 WIDTH="366"><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c0bb2c0.jpg" border=0 width="187" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Grandpa Cardwell</div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="366"><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c1e0110.jpg" border=0 width="224" height="273" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Great Grandma Dena</div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="751" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#660000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#660000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP ROWSPAN=3 COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 1 WIDTH="735"><div> <B>When we were young</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 915 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18e110120.jpg" border=0 width="272" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My brother Jim</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190bce1f0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="287" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I've always liked old cars!</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18e3ad070.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My first boots</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c6b2fe0.jpg" border=0 width="178" height="254" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jim Berry</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ba2cba0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="186" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Leaving the old Tarabino house in Trinidad</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19000ff10.jpg" border=0 width="271" height="241" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Me, Jim and Barb just before moving back to Denver</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1028 WIDTH="366"><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18f8b1f30.jpg" border=0 width="177" height="243" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My sister Chris</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18f7c02c0.jpg" border=0 width="192" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Little Cowgirl</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18feca2c0.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Caddy Cris</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18b6ad2c0.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Little sister</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18be2cc50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Sister and me</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="193fe12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Cris and Juan</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 16 WIDTH="735"><div> <B>My Rosie</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1060 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18fccc2c0.jpg" border=0 width="204" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18fb97020.jpg" border=0 width="151" height="258" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="190383030.jpg" border=0 width="131" height="259" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Young Rosie</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18ff1b0f0.jpg" border=0 width="283" height="271" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rosie and an oil well</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="366"><div> <IMG SRC="18fdda1d0.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="285" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1901c90b0.jpg" border=0 width="201" height="267" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Rosie with brothers, Jerry and Herald</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19026f840.jpg" border=0 width="111" height="132" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Best Friends</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1904adea0.jpg" border=0 width="173" height="234" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My Rosie - Central city</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 351 WIDTH="735"><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190c1c2c0.jpg" border=0 width="284" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>My kids</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 954 WIDTH="366"><div> <IMG SRC="1907ca070.jpg" border=0 width="202" height="263" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brenda</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1908dc2c0.jpg" border=0 width="220" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Brenda</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1909ef2c0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Concentration</div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="366"><div> <IMG SRC="1906dae20.jpg" border=0 width="218" height="226" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1905e12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Becky</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190ae12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> ROTC Girl</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 64 WIDTH="735"><bR> <bR> <div> Some places where I've lived or stayed</div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 846 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18bf2cd00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="208" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The old haunted Tarabino house in Trinidad</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18b32cc90.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="201" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The little house on the hill</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="http://brentberryarts.com/artist_info/hamilton_turner_mansion.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brentberryarts.com/artist_info/ha"><U><IMG SRC="18892c0a0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="266" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Hamilton Turner Mansion - Savannah Georgia 1969</div> <div> <A HREF="http://brentberryarts.com/artist_info/hamilton_turner_mansion.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://brentberryarts.com/artist_info/ha"><U><B>More info about this haunted house</B></U></A></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="189a2cd30.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="211" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Tarabino house - Trinidad 1953 to 1957</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18b52cc50.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="197" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Where I grew up after 1957</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <IMG SRC="189f2cdd0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="221" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The old Sussex later the Jeanette - Denver 1971</div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="751" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#660000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#660000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 611 WIDTH="366"><div> <IMG SRC="188ae12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18a4f4b00.jpg" border=0 width="244" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="18c42cbf0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="191" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190de12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My older sister Evette's grave, she died as an infant. </div> <div> We both had the same birthday but 3 years apart.</div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="735"><bR> <div> <B>Old Cars and military collectibles</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 2028 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190e2cc40.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="190f2b2c0.jpg" border=0 width="299" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19132cb90.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="185" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> My second Panhead</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1914d82c0.jpg" border=0 width="216" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1915c72c0.jpg" border=0 width="199" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Lausbub Barker</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19172cb00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1941 Dodge WC-10  4X4 Carryall</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19182cb70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="183" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1919258e0.jpg" border=0 width="293" height="142" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1910202c0.jpg" border=0 width="288" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="192796760.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="118" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19122ce60.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="230" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Old friends</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1924ef2c0.jpg" border=0 width="239" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1925e12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19262c120.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="274" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Damn! These tires taste good! </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19162c950.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="149" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 48 WIDTH="735"><bR> <div> <B>What to do with all that left over stuff from WWII?</B></div> <bR> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1232 ><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="191e861a0.jpg" border=0 width="134" height="282" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="191c2cb00.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="176" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> A pile of German helmets</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="191de1ec0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="236" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19220dd10.jpg" border=0 width="269" height="209" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> To keep people from following too closely!</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><bR> <bR> <div> Bombs converted into fun stuff for kids!</div> <div> <IMG SRC="191fea2c0.jpg" border=0 width="234" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bomb drinking fountain</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19202ce70.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="231" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bomb horse</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="19212cdf0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="223" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Bomb seesaw</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="192393230.jpg" border=0 width="147" height="291" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Collect History!!!</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="751" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#660000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#660000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 383 WIDTH="366"><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="188dd52c0.jpg" border=0 width="213" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Berry Sisters</div> <bR> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="366"><bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18c2e12c0.jpg" border=0 width="225" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> WWII Nurse Becky </div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 1234 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="1887fa2c0.jpg" border=0 width="250" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> I love old Denver</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1893ce0c0.jpg" border=0 width="206" height="268" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Speakeasy days</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1886b2050.jpg" border=0 width="178" height="261" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Jim Berry</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="1896d7c40.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="187e1b2c0.jpg" border=0 width="283" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Good old days, good old cars!</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18998dbd0.jpg" border=0 width="141" height="189" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"><IMG SRC="18b0a6be0.jpg" border=0 width="166" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> The Berry gang in the early days</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18a1d72c0.jpg" border=0 width="215" height="300" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Little Becky</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="18952cbe0.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="190" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> Life is full of surprises!</div> <div> When I was a child I was told that my dad (James Berry) was killed in a truck wreck when she was pregnant with me.  She then married Floyd Cardwell (my step father).   I accepted that and grew up believing my dad was dead until 1996.   It started out to be a good year because that was the year my second daughter Brenda would be born.  I was under  stress but felt fine otherwise.  Then in February of 96 I was diagnosed with lymphoma, the same thing that killed my mom in 1987.  This bad news from my doctor alone made me sick.  In an instant my life had changed, a dark cloud now surrounded me and I could not escape it.  This came at the same time that my step dad Floyd was in the hospital dying of cancer.  He was a good man, a good father figure and a good husband to mom.   At a time when I was seeing cancer take him from us I now had cancer too.  I did not handle it well and was overwhelmed with fear and worry about what will happen to my kids and wife,  It was at this time that my great aunt told me that Floyd was actually my father, not James Berry.  He was married to mom and he was killed in the truck wreck.  He was so badly burned that he was only identified by the remains of the divorce papers found in his back pocket, but he was not my father.  I was in shock!!! I thought my father was dead!!!  I thought Floyd Cardwell was my step father!!! How can this be??? At the age of 45 I learn this!  As if I didn't already have enough on my mind!   </div> <bR> <div> To think that all my life I didn't know my step dad was actually my real dad, and to never know my uncles, my aunts and my grandparents were actually my blood instead of just relatives of my step dad!!!  This deeply hurt and confused me.  Why didn't they tell me??  I felt like I had been cheated.   By now many are no longer with us and I never knew they were a part of me and I a part of them. </div> <bR> <div> Being so sick from the chemotherapy and radiation I was now going through,  I couldn't even bring myself to ask my dad about it and within about a week he died.  My daughter Brenda was born about the time I was finishing my chemo treatments.  My first chemo was an overdose according to the emergency room doctors.  It almost killed me and it left me sick for years but I survived it and the cancer.  It was an awful time but I'm not complaining at all as I realize just how lucky I am in so many ways!  My last name will always be Berry but my blood is from the Cardwell and Anderson families.   I'll never know why things turned out this way but things can always be worse.   Hey! I am alive! </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <A HREF="id952.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Family Roots"><U><IMG SRC="194b96970.jpg" border=0 width="150" height="151" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <div> Family Roots</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>