Josephine Hester Perrin 1853 - 1958
Vermillion Parish Obits, Louisiana
Submitted by Reid Perrin Mire
Source: KAPLAN NEWSPAPER
Submitted September 2001

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GRANNY PERRIN, KAPLAN'S OLDEST CITIZEN, 
DIES AT AGE 105, MAY 7, 1958 


Mrs. Josephine Hester Perrin, nee Brandin, born February 20, 1853, died 
at the age of 105, Wednesday May 7, 1958 at 4:45 p.m. at the Kaplan 
Clinic, where she was taken that morning.

She had been well until that day, though an invalid confined to a wheel
chair since 1949.

Josephine Brandin's parents were Jean Augustus Brandin and Soizette 
Brandin, nee Girod, whose parents where Jean Francois Girod and Camille 
Girod, nee Francisco.

Mrs. Perrin's funeral was held in the Kaplan Baptist Church with four 
of her former pastors officiating - the Rev. J. C. Hooper, present 
pastor; the Rev. Evan Williams, pastor of Evergreen; the Rev, Eddie 
Savoie, pastor at Jennings, and the Rev. P. B. Petitpas, pastor of Lake 
Arthur, formerly pastor at Nunez, LA.  She was buried in Nunez.

The pallbearers were grandsons of Mrs. Perrin, each being the 
descendant of one of the seven sons or daughters who lived to maturity; 
Ralph Rageur, son of Agnes; Paul Lemarie, son of Mary Magdalene; Reed 
Perrin, son of Theodore Perrin, known as Ponto; Lloyd Perrin, son of 
Leopold known as Bill; Luther Perrin, son of Simeon; Ed Douglas, son-
in-law of Josephine (husband of Ethel); and Virgil Perrin, son of 
Albert.

The scripture read was Proverbs 31:10-31.  The Rev. Savoie in eulogy on 
Granny said that though the Bible passage is often read in honor of 
other outstanding women, most of the verses are usually true only in a 
figurative sense, but of her they were literally true, even such lines 
as "She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the 
distaff," as well as "Her children arise up, and call her blessed".