Obituary of Jerry Perkins

Memorial services for Mr. Jerry Lee Perkins, age 72 of Grayson, will be held at 6 PM Friday, March 18, 2011 from the sanctuary of Pine Hill Baptist Church of Olla with Rev. David McGuffee officiating. Visitation will be from 5 PM until time of service Friday evening at the church. He was born in Clarks on February 23, 1939 to the union of William Arthur Perkins and Annie Mae Hutson Perkins and passed from this life on Friday, March 11, 2011 at Citizens Medical Center. He worked as a carpenter and welder throughout his life and served in the Army. He was preceded in death by his parents and his grandson; Timothy Paul Kelly. Survivors include two sons: Richard Lee Perkins and wife, Charlotte of Urania and Robert Darren Perkins and wife, Rushelle of Priest River, ID, daughter; Beckey Hatten and husband, Rick of Grayson, sister; Teresa Fatheree and husband, Mike of Columbia, nine grandchildren: Kenneth Kelly, Bobby Kelly, Rebecca Noland, Richie Perkins, Brittany Perkins, Jerry Malcolm Perkins, Jake Perkins, Justin Perkins and Jeremy Perkins, great-granddaughter; Sara Michelle Kelly and the love of his life; Darlene Odessa Perkins. "I came into this world with nothing, left this world with nothing, but I planted three seeds."