IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF REPRESENTATIVE STANLEY JACK "STAN" BERRY AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND TO HIS LOCAL COMMUNITY.

*ZRC214* 04/23/2026 11:06:51 AM ZRC214
State of Arkansas 1
95th General Assembly 2
Fiscal Session, 2026 SMR 4 3
4
By: Senators B. Davis, J. Boyd, J. Bryant, Caldwell, A. Clark, Crowell, Dees, J. Dismang, J. Dotson, J. 5
English, Flippo, S. Flowers, Gilmore, K. Hammer, Hester, Hickey, Hill, Irvin, B. Johnson, M. Johnson, B. 6
King, G. Leding, F. Love, M. McKee, R. Murdock, J. Payton, C. Penzo, J. Petty, Rice, J. Scott, Simon, 7
Stone, D. Sullivan, C. Tucker, D. Wallace 8
9
10
SENATE MEMORIAL RESOLUTION 11
IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF REPRESENTATIVE STANLEY JACK 12
"STAN" BERRY AND IN RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY 13
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND TO HIS 14
LOCAL COMMUNITY. 15
16
17
Subtitle 18
IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF REPRESENTATIVE 19
STANLEY JACK "STAN" BERRY AND IN 20
RECOGNITION OF HIS MANY CONTRIBUTIONS TO 21
THE STATE OF ARKANSAS AND TO HIS LOCAL 22
COMMUNITY. 23
24
WHEREAS, Representative Stanley Jack "Stan" Berry, formerly of Dover, 25
Arkansas, passed away on Monday, March 23, 2026, at the age of seventy-one 26
(71); and 27
28
WHEREAS, Representative Berry was born on May 20, 1954, in Dover, 29
Arkansas, to Jack Berry and Elaine Churchill Berry; and 30
31
WHEREAS, Representative Berry had a life defined by public service, 32
serving in the National Guard and on the Dover School Board, the Dover City 33
Council, the Tri-County Water Commission, and the Pope County 911 Board; and 34
35
WHEREAS, Representative Berry was a member of the Dover Lions Club for 36
SMR4

2 04/23/2026 11:06:51 AM ZRC214
more than thirty-seven (37) years, where he was a charter member and a Melvin 1
Jones Fellow, and where he served in numerous roles to support Dover schools; 2
and 3
4
WHEREAS, Representative Berry was known for his strong impact on his 5
local community, for which he was honored as Citizen of the Year and 6
presented with the Good Samaritan Award by the Dover Chamber of Commerce; and 7
8
WHEREAS, Representative Berry was noted for his faith and was a member 9
of Dover Cumberland Presbyterian Church, where he served as an elder; and 10
11
WHEREAS, Representative Berry served the people of his local community 12
and his state through his extended service as a legislator, first serving as 13
a representative for District Forty-Four (44) from 2003 until 2007, and later 14
returning to serve his district again from 2019 until his passing in 2026; 15
and 16
17
WHEREAS, Representative Berry served on many committees while a member 18
of the House of Representatives, including the Joint Committee on Military 19
and Veteran Affairs, the House Committee on Public Transportation, the House 20
Committee on State Agencies and Governmental Affairs, and the Legislative 21
Joint Auditing Committee during the Ninety-Fifth General Assembly; and 22
23
WHEREAS, Representative Berry had a strong history of leadership during 24
his time in the House of Representatives, where he served as chair or vice-25
chair of numerous committees, including Vice Chair of the House Committee on 26
Judiciary during the Ninety-Fourth General Assembly and Chair of the House 27
Juvenile Justice and Child Support Subcommittee and Chair of the Committee on 28
Educational Institutions of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee during 29
the Ninety-Third General Assembly; and 30
31
WHEREAS, Representative Berry was known for his kindness and his deep 32
desire to help those around him, whether they were his fellow lawmakers, his 33
constituents, his family, or the community that he called home; and 34
35
WHEREAS, Representative Berry demonstrated an enduring passion for the 36
SMR4

3 04/23/2026 11:06:51 AM ZRC214
support of education, advocating throughout his career both for schools such 1
as Dover High School, home to his beloved Dover Pirates, and for educators, 2
such as his wife and daughters, who dedicated their careers to schools; and 3
4
WHEREAS, Representative Berry is survived by his wife of more than 5
thirty (30) years, Mona Berry, by his children, Blake Berry, Casey Taylor, 6
Justin Singleton, and Kelsey Scott, and by his nine (9) grandchildren; and 7
8
WHEREAS, the people of District Forty-Four (44) and the State of 9
Arkansas are fortunate to have been served by Representative Berry in his 10
capacity as a member of the House of Representatives, 11
12
NOW THEREFORE, 13
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE 14
STATE OF ARKANSAS: 15
16
THAT the Senate remember Representative Stanley Jack "Stan" Berry and 17
recognize his numerous contributions to the State of Arkansas and to his 18
local community. 19
20
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT upon adoption of this resolution, an appropriate 21
copy be provided to Mona Berry and family by the Secretary of the Senate. 22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36