Obituaries: William Jackson Perkins, 1929, Winn Parish, La.
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: March 14, 1929 Winn Parish Enterprise

Former Citizen Dies, Buried Here Saturday

William Jackson Perkins Is Laid To Rest In Winnfield Cemetery

Funeral services for William Jackson Perkins, former Winnfield citizen and son
of Mrs. H. J. Perkins, who died suddenly Friday afternoon from a heart attack,
were held at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Durham, 445 Prospect Avenue,
Shreveport, Saturday morning.  The Rev. R. T. Ware, pastor of the Park Avenue
Methodist Church, and Dr. R. E. Goodrich, pastor of the First Methodist
Church, had charge of the services.

Following the services, the funeral cortege left Shreveport for Winnfield,
where burial was in the Winnfield Cemetery under the direction of Wellman
Undertaking Company Saturday afternoon.  The many floral tributes expressed
the deep sympathy and love of friends and relatives.

Active pallbearers were: C. E. Tannehill, Warren Curry, Charlie Smith, Eric
Smith, Ole Matheson, Judge R. W. Oglesby and A. R. McDonald of Winnfield. 
Honorary pallbearers were: Dr. L. H. Pirkle, Dr. E. M. White, Hal M. Gatti, H.
S. Roach, J. C. DeGeneres, P. C. Corbett, B. R. Bledsoe and E. E. Roemer, of
Shreveport, and Dr. Oscar Dowling of New Orleans.

Out of town friends and relatives attending the funeral were Dr. and Mrs. L.
H. Pirkle, Dr. and Mrs. E. M. White and family, Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Love and
family, Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Dunn and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mountz, Mr. and
Mrs. I. W. Sikes and children, Mr. and Mrs. Hezzie Porter and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. J. P. Durham and family, Mrs. Ella Durham and daughter, Miss Winifred
Pirkle, Hal M. Gattie, H. S. Roach, J. C. DeGeneres, P. C. Corbett, B. B.
Bledsoe, and C. E. Roemer of Shreveport; Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Hilliard
and son, Victoria, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. J. Peavy and son, El Dorado, Ark.; Mr.
and Mrs. George Erskin and granddaughter, of Sikes; O. K. Allen, Baton Rouge;
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Stamper, Natchitoches; Lafayette Robinson, DeRidder;
Kendrick Hartsfield, student, Louisiana College, and Miss Linnie Dunn,
student, State Normal. 

Surviving relatives are the widow, his mother, Mrs. H. J. Perkins of
Winnfield; one son, W. J. Perkins, Jr.; four sisters, Mrs. J. P. Durham of
Shreveport; Mrs. W. W. Allen and Mrs. W. O. Averett, of Winnfield, and Mrs. J.
Peavy, of El Dorado, Ark. 

Mr. Perkins had a mild attack of heart trouble a week before his death, but
his condition was not considered serious and he did not take his bed.  He
suffered a second attack while in the office of Henry S. Roach at Winson
Street, Shreveport, Friday.  Mr. Perkins suffered his third heart attack while
in a car driven by C. E. Roemer, A Shreveport dairyman, who was carrying him
from a physician's office back to Mr. Roach's office.  He was rushed to
the Tri-State Sanitarium, but died in the automobile before reaching the
institution.

Mr. Perkins owned one of the largest dairies serving Shreveport, and had
gained a wide reputation in this industry throughout the state.  He was
president of the Natural Raw Milk Association of Shreveport and formerly
president of the Louisiana Safe Milk Association. He had recently returned
from New Orleans, where he had gone in the interest of the former association.

Mr. Perkins, who was 44 years old, was the son of the late H. J. Perkins,
pioneer citizen of Winnfield, and Mrs. Perkins.  He attended college at
Springfield College, Mo.  He left Winnfield when he was a young man for
Shreveport.  He entered the dairy business twenty years ago, beginning with a
small establishment on Caddo Lake.  Later with the rapid growth of his
business the established a dairy on the Mansfield road, which is one of the
most up-to-date serving that city.