Berry Nelson III

Berry Nelson III was a 30-year-old member of Chicago’s South Side community. While public records about his personal life are limited, available reports place him in and around the Roseland/Pullman area of the Far South Side, a part of the city where families, neighbors and local organizations work hard to sustain daily life and look out for one another.

Those who knew Berry would have known him as a person whose presence belonged to a specific neighborhood and moment in Chicago life. Though the public record does not provide a detailed account of his work, hobbies, or extended family, the fact that his loss was recorded by city homicide trackers and reported in local news makes clear that his passing was felt by people who live and move through those same streets every day. Berry’s age—30—suggests a life with relationships, responsibilities, and everyday plans that were important to him and to those close to him.

On February 15, 2024, Berry’s life ended suddenly; news reports state he was found unresponsive inside a vehicle on the Far South Side. Beyond this brief factual outline, Berry was a person first—someone with a life among neighbors and loved ones. Though the public record is spare, it should not obscure the reality that his life had meaning to people who loved him.

This remembrance honors Berry not for how he died but for being a member of a community whose streets, homes and conversations he shared. If friends or family wish to add memories, photographs or details to a memorial page, those recollections will help make a fuller portrait: the work he did, the laughter he shared, the small rituals of everyday life that made him who he was. Until then, this page offers a quiet acknowledgment: Berry Nelson III was a real person, connected to Chicago’s South Side, and his loss left an absence felt by those who knew him.