Frank L. Berry, Jr. family papers

Frank Lee Berry, Jr., son of Frank Lee Berry and Louie Todd Berry, was born in Houston's South End on June 15, 1921. He graduated from San Jacinto High School in 1939 and the University of Houston in 1943. His military service included serving in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in Germany during 1945-46. He was an interior designer for more than 50 years, serving both AID and ASID at local, state, and national levels and was elected a fellow in the American Institute of Interior Designers in 1972. Berry died April 15, 2004 in Houston and is buried at Brookside Memorial Park.

Berry was a third generation Houstonian and his parents, Frank Lee Berry and Louie Todd Berry, were prominent early Houstonians. Berry's grandfather, James Berry, moved to Texas from Kentucky in 1836 to fight in the Battle of San Jacinto as a First Lieutenant in the Republic of Texas' army. In 1840 James Berry moved to northern Harris County near Greens Bayou. He served as Justice of the Peace (1840-53) and Treasurer of Harris County from 1854 to 1857, Civilian Director for Harris County during the Civil War (1861-65), and as a county school commissioner until his death in 1876. Both Berry Road and Berry Elementary School were named in his honor. Berry Cemetery, on the site of the original Berry family home, has been incorporated into the current Brookside Memorial Park.