Background
DeBerry, Roy Thomas was born on May 4, 1892 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Thomas and Nancy Almedia (Turner) DeB.
DeBerry, Roy Thomas was born on May 4, 1892 in Humboldt, Tennessee, United States. Son of William Thomas and Nancy Almedia (Turner) DeB.
Student, Union University, 1910. Bachelor of Science, Laneview College, Trenton, Tennessee, 1912.
Principal high school, Gibson County, Tennessee, 1911-1916. Instructor in mathematics, Summerlin Institute, Bartow, Florida, 1916-1917. Principal consolidated school, Grenada County, Mississippi, 1922.
Teacher mathematics, high school, Grenada, 1922. Proprietor and headmaster Junior Military Academy, Bloomington Springs, Tennessee, from 1922.
Married Velma Grace Hamilton, November 18, 1917. Children: Millard Thomas (deceased), James Turner, Frances Marion (deceased), Velma Nelle DeBerry Evans, Edith Mable DeBerry Jones, Maxine, Dorothy DeBerry Gibson.