Kern County CA Archives Obituaries.....Perry , Vernon Leon January 2006
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The Bakersfield Californian
Perry, Vernon Leon    
 
Vernon Leon Perry 
Services: Tues., Jan. 31, 11:00 a.m. 

Visitation will be 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, January 30, 2006, in the 
Chapel of Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral Service, 1100 Chester Ave. Funeral 
services are being held January 31, 2006, at St. John Baptist Church, 1300 E. 
Brundage Lane, 11:00 a.m., interment at Union Cemetery. Vernon Leon Perry was 
born January 15, 1945, in Bakersfield, California, to the union of Melvin 
Perry and Cordie Mae Stephens. He was the oldest of two children. In the early 
years of his life he attended Saints Memorial Church of God in Christ under 
the pastorate of the late Elder Ruben Meeks and recently rededicated his life 
to Christ. He attended Potomac and McKinley Elementary Schools, Compton Junior 
High School, and Bakersfield High School. Leon was a Veteran of the Vietnam 
Era and served his country from October 28, 1965 to October 27, 1967. He lived 
in Bakersfield all of his life and he never met a stranger. He was employed by 
the City of Bakersfield Solid Waste Division in the Public Works Department 
from October 4, 1974, until January 21, 2000. His happy, outgoing personality 
gained him many kind and devoted friends. He passed away at home with his 
devoted wife, Linda and other family members at his bedside. Leon was preceded 
in death by his father, Melvin Perry; his uncle, Fred McCowan; and his aunt, 
Cindy McCowan. Leon leaves to celebrate his homegoing his devoted wife of 
forty-years, Linda Perry; one son, Eric Cherry and his wife, Tina of 
Bakersfield, CA; two daughters, Yvette Gash and her husband, Wilfred and La-
Shawnda Perry of Bakersfield, CA; four grandsons, Tony, Eric Jr., Tracy, and 
Ethan of Bakersfield, CA; two granddaughters, Tatyana and Tamera of 
Bakersfield; mother, Cordie Mae Stephens of Bakersfield, CA; one brother, 
Eugene Larry Lane of Bakersfield, CA; mother-in-law, Ceola Herring of 
Bakersfield, CA; one uncle, Jarel Grimes of Bakersfield, CA; six aunts, Irene 
Grimes, Jean Moore, Josephine McCowan, Ernestine Neal, and Viola Davis of 
Bakersfield, CA; Lillie Mae Smith of Los Angeles, CA; and a host of nieces, 
nephews, cousins and other relatives and friends. Jesse E. Cooley, Jr. Funeral 
Service 

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Published in the Bakersfield Californian on 1/30/2006.  


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