Habersham-Banks County GaArchives Obituaries.....Perkins, Vance September 24, 1939
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Tri-County Advertiser, Sept. 28, 1939
Funeral services were held Monday for Vance Perkins, 63, one of Cornelia's 
prominent citizens, who died Sunday at his home after an extended illness. 
Immediate cause of death was a cerebral hemorrhage.
    Born near Mt. Airy, Mr. Perkins was a prosperous farmer of Banks and 
Habersham counties until his retirement about six years ago, when he moved to 
Cornelia.
    He served during the Spanish-American War as a member of Company K of the 
Third Georgia Infantry.  He was a member of the Ed H. Almand Camp # 18.
    He served Habersham  county as its representative to the State Legislature 
in 1913-1914.  He was a Mason and, since boyhood, a member of Harmony Baptist 
Church near Hollingsworth in Banks County.
    With the Rev. A. J. John officiating, burial services were held at the 
Harmony Baptist Church.  Burial was in the nearby cemetery.
    He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Sallie Duckett Perkins; six daughter, 
Mrs. H. W. Turk and Miss Margie Perkins of Atlanta; Miss Louise Perkins of 
Clayton; and Misses Rachel, Elzora and Dixie Perkins of Cornelia; seven sons, 
John S. Perkins of Charlotte, NC, Young V. of Clarkesville; Tom B. of Atlanta, 
and Robert, Bynum and Swenson Perkins, all of Cornelia; one sister, Mrs. K. L. 
Braselton of Weatherford, Texas; two grandsons, Sibley Turk of Atlanta and 
Johnny Perkins of Charlotte, NC; a son in law, Mr. Henry W. Turk of Atlanta 
and a daughter in law, Mrs. Emily Perkins of Charlotte, NC.
    The following acted as pallbearers: J. L. Perkins, H. W. Turk, L. Y. 
Irvin, J. S. Nunnally, Plumer Duckett and A. Duckett.
    Spanish-American War veterans formed an honorary escort.


Additional Comments:
Born Mar 25, 1876 in Habersham County, GA
Son of John Logan Perkins and Rachel H. Martin Perkins

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