Sometimes when life hands to you a sudden & unexpected saddness, one may forget proper reporting... between the holiday happenings & the news, I offer no excuses but do apologize to the readers of the bird line... We are saddened by the passing of our dear friend Earline Berry. Earline was a long-time TOS member of the John Sellars Chapter and held our treasurer position for years. If you knew Earline, you knew she loved people and birds. She could give you the detail to the very minute and everything else surrounding the bird, so a lack of brevity was her only weakness! Earline loved to have adventure & didn't hesitate to try new avenues. How many nearly 80 year olds do you know who would travel for an hour and a half in the middle of the night just to watch the meteor shower with friends? She, along with her husband Charles, and daughter Harriett, and friend Kay did... and we all had so much fun.Simply put, she had fun at whatever the circumstance. Her eyes had been failing her for some time but she could hear a pin drop, so we never needed to doubt any neat bird reports she & Charles had. Our future meetings will miss her laughter, stories, and wonderful desserts but most of all, we will miss our wonderful friend.She is survived by Charles, a husband of nearly 60 years, and a daughter, Harriett Jewell. Earline Berry was 80 years old & was from Lebanon TN. Melissa Turrentine Normandy TN John Sellars TOS of Lebanon TN =================NOTES TO SUBSCRIBER===================== The TN-Bird Net requires you to sign your messages with first and last name, city (town) and state abbreviation. ----------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------- To post to this mailing list, simply send email to: tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx ----------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to: tn-bird-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * TN-Bird Net is owned by the Tennessee Ornithological Society Neither the society(TOS) nor its moderator(s) endorse the views or opinions expressed by the members of this discussion group. Moderator: Wallace Coffey, Bristol, TN wallace@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Visit the Tennessee Ornithological Society web site at http://www.tnbirds.org * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Topographical Maps located at http://topozone.com/find.asp * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ========================================================