M. Lydia Berry of Baltimore, Maryland passed away peacefully on October 23, 2024 at the Autumn Lake Nursing Facility in Baltimore, Maryland. Lydia was the youngest daughter of the late Samuel Levi and Mary Mildred Scott.

Lydia married Elder James Berry. From that union they were blessed with a son, Jerrell Harrison Berry.

Lydia attended Forest Park High School in Baltimore, Maryland, and the Community College of Baltimore. After high school Lydia worked several jobs including Union Memorial Hospital as an OR Technician.

Lydia was raised in a Christian home and accepted Christ at an early age. She was a member of several churches, Church of God In Christ (COGIC), Highway Church of God In Christ, Douglas Memorial United Methodist, and Zion Baptist Church North, formerly known as New Creation Baptist Church. Lydia had many hobbies, however, she mostly enjoyed singing in the church choir.

On Sunday, July 15, 2001, Lydia was ordained as a Deacon at New Creation Baptist Church in Wheaton Maryland under Rev. Dr. Ella V. Redfield. Deacon Berry was always thoughtful, kind, caring, and blessed the church through her ministry of music.

Lydia was preceded in death by her two sisters: Elizabeth (Betty) Scott and Peggy West, and one brother: Samuel Lee Scott.

She leaves to mourn her passing: one son: Jerrell Harrison Berry, Daughter-in-Law, Cikeithia Berry of Washington, DC.; one sister: Sandra L. Requer, three brothers: John A. Scott, Charles A. Scott, of Baltimore, Maryland, and Elijah J. Scott of Atlanta, Georgia. Lydia is also survived by a host of other special nieces and nephews, and other loving family and friends, and her special friend, Sheila V. Williams.

She will be truly missed!!