Kern County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....Black, Perry Lloyd July 11 2004
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The Bakersfield Californian 
Perry L. Black
July 22, 1912 - July 11, 2004


On Sunday, July 11, 2004, our beloved father/grandfather passed away. Daddy 
said when it was his time to go just let him. He did not want any services, 
just for everyone to go on without him. He loved fishing and that was where he 
was going to be. He was going fishing. Daddy, you can do all the fishing you 
want now.

Perry Lloyd Black was born to Lloyd (Dick) Kipling Black and Nellie Jackson 
Black on July 22, 1912, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. When Perry was about 4 
years old, both he and his mother lost part of their hearing due to the 
influenza epidemic of 1918. Even though he was hard of hearing and later 
completely deaf, he never let it hold him back. He graduated from high school 
in the top 15 percent of his class and some teachers never knew he was hard of 
hearing. In his young years he raised and showed rabbits, winning many 
ribbons. Perry also earned his Eagle Scout Award with palm and was 
Neighborhood Commissioner and later was the District Commissioner for a short 
time.

During his lifetime he dabbled in photography, painting and poetry. He and his 
father at one time owned a Texaco Gas Station where he learned auto mechanics.

In 1946 while Perrys mom was working at a Walnut Processing Plant in 
Fullerton, CA, she introduced Perry to his future wife, Elda Lucille. He 
always joked about how he met mama in the nut house. They were married on 
February 14, 1947. In 1949 the couple moved to Bakersfield where Perry had 
been appointed an auditor for the State Board of Equalization, a position he 
proudly held for 26 years. He thought a lot about the people he worked with 
and continued to attend their parties even after he retired in 1975, always 
bringing along the shrimp cocktail he made.

On March 27, 1996, Perry lost his Lucille to brain cancer. She had been his 
life and we worried that he would not recover. At this time his son-in-law, 
Jerry, introduced him to the world of computers. Perry was 84 at this time and 
he became hooked. He said he wished they had computers back when he was 
younger, there was so much he wanted to learn. Both of his sons-in-law, Brent 
and Jerry were there to help him straighten out his mistakes. 

Daddy wrote his autobiography, entered contests, tried to find a formula to 
win the lottery (never happened), wrote his thoughts about the Bible and 
printed out jokes. He loved giving these jokes to his doctors, nurses and the 
girls at the Garden Spot, his favorite place to eat. Daddy had such a 
wonderful sense of humor. He got so much joy watching their faces as they read 
the jokes.

Perry became ill in 2001 and in 2002 he became a dialysis patient at the 
Bakersfield Dialysis Center. We want to thank everyone there for taking such 
good care of Daddy. Dr. Baer, thank you for giving us two more years with him. 
Lisa, he loved to see you laugh, and Yvonne we don't know what we would have 
done without you. Thank you to all his other doctors and to anyone who ever 
helped Daddy. God Bless you.

This past year we were able to take Perry to Las Vegas. He had not been there 
since 1946 and was amazed at all the changes. This became his last passion. We 
had been planning a Las Vegas trip for his 92nd birthday when he passed away.

His loving wife of 49 years, Lucille, an infant brother and his close cousin, 
Edna Jean Dreier, preceded Perry in death. He is survived by his oldest 
daughter, Loretta Woods; son-in-law, Brent Woods; grandchildren, Melanie Woods 
and her partner, Jerry Downum, Jason and Kyle Woods; his daughter, Karen 
Polkinghorne; son-in-law, Jerry Polkinghorne; grandson, Christopher Lloyd 
Black; stepgrandson, Shawn Polkinghorne; his close cousin, Sarah Lunsford also 
survive him.

Daddy we will miss you.

Your honesty, kindness and sense of humor will never be forgotten.

We love you, goodnight sweetie. 


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