Retired 5th JDC Judge Benjamin I. Berry, 87, died June 5, 2002 in Monroe, Louisiana. Judge Berry obtained his pre-law education at Louisiana Tech University, earned his L.L.B. from Louisiana State University in 1936, and received his Juris Doctor degree from LSU School of Law in 1968. He was in the practice of law in Winnsboro, Louisiana from 1936 until September 1971 when he was appointed judge of Division A of the 5th JDC. He was subsequently elected to the judgeship in 1972 where he served until his retirement in October of 1984.