Shawnee resident James Lawrence Berry, 61, died Thursday, June 17, in Shawnee.

He was born December 31, 1942, in Harrah to James E. and Georgia Dodrill Berry.

He married Donna Strain May 15, 1989 in Reno, Nevada.

James retired from Schrivner Company in Oklahoma City.

He was a lead guitarist and sometimes played for senior citizens at First National Bank of Shawnee.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sisters.

Survivors include his wife, Donna Berry of the home; son, Roy Tubbs of the home; two daughters, La Vonta Graham of Midwest City; and Jamie Dawn Martin of Springfield, Missouri; two grandsons of Midwest City; a brother, Gerald Berry of McLoud; three sisters, Hazel Colleen Stites of Brownwood, Texas; Joyce Berry Lathem of Early, Texas; and Regina Berry Robinson of Brownwood; and numerous other relatives and friends.

Service will be 2:00 p.m. Monday at Gaskill Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Roy Barker officiating.

Burial will follow at Dale Cemetery.

Published June 20, 2004.