Dallas “Clydie” Wallace Berry

Dallas “Clydie” Wallace Berry, wife of the late C. B. Berry for 62 years and a resident of North Myrtle Beach, since 1945, died on Thursday, March 19, 2020. Born in Columbia, on March 11, 1926, she was the daughter of the late Dallas Clyde Wallace and Martha Roberta Feagan Wallace. 

Dallas and Burgin have three daughters, Sandra Suggs Nettles (Robert), Bobbie Berry Lackey and Dallas “Cissy” Berry.  They have five grandchildren, Charlie Suggs Jr., Christa Suggs Riley (Matt), Chelsey Larrore Watts (Joey), Madison Moore and Sgt. Katie Moore. They have three step grand-children, Mason (Carrie), Sarah and John (Legare) Nettles. She also had eleven great- grandchildren.

She was predeceased by a sister, Ruth Hall Mercer (Mack), a brother, William Thomas Wallace (Ann) and a sister, Bobbie Ann Humphries.  She had 23 nieces and nephews and many great-nieces and nephews. 

Dallas was the city clerk for Crescent Beach for many years. She also worked with J.O. Baldwin and Ed Jerdon Construction Companies. For 61 of her 94 years she was an active member of the Yaupon Garden Club. Dallas loved horticulture and was very active in community projects.  She loved people and was a mother figure to many.  She and Burgin were founding members of Trinity United Methodist Church in North Myrtle Beach and later joined Ocean Drive Presbyterian Church, also in North Myrtle Beach.

She taught her children to love God and all His creation. She had a nurturing and forgiving heart and often sacrificed her own needs for others.

Our special thanks to all those who so lovingly cared for her.

A graveside service was held at 1 p.m. on Sunday, March 22, at Southern Palms Memorial Gardens. The family received friends at 12:30 p.m. prior to the service in the cemetery’s mausoleum.

McMillan-Small Funeral Home in Myrtle Beach served the family.