CARTER COUNTY, TN - OBITUARIES - Shirley S. Perkins, 19 Dec 1999
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Shirley S. Perkins
12/21/99 
   Mrs. Shirley Shell Perkins, 82, formerly of Route 3, Box 809, Roan 
Mountain, died Sunday, December 19, 1999, at Cannon Memorial Hospital, 
Linville, N.C., following an extended illness.
   Mrs. Perkins was a native of Carter County and the daughter of the late 
Hubert and Faithie Shell. She was also preceded in death by three sisters, 
three brothers and two grandchildren.
   Mrs. Perkins was a member of the Morgan Branch Free Will Baptist Church 
and was a homemaker.
   Survivors include her husband, Paris "Jake" Perkins, Roan Mountain; four 
sons, Gary Perkins, Rodney Perkins and Joe "JC" Perkins, all of Hampton, 
and Dexter Perkins, Roan Mountain; three daughters, Wanda Frye, Roan 
Mountain, Deloris Shelton, Jonesborough, and Faye Philyaw, Granite Falls, 
N.C.; three brothers, Kell Shell, Shawnee, Kansas, Conley Shell and Dale 
Shell, both of Roan Mountain; and three sisters, Arlys Higgins, Nell Roark 
and Ruth Ponds, all of Roan Mountain. Twenty-four grandchildren, 44 great-
grandchildren, three great-great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews 
also survive.
    Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in charge of 
arrangements. www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick

    PERKINS -- Funeral services for Mrs. Shirley Shell Perkins, 82, formerly 
of Route 3, Box 809, Roan Mountain, who died Sunday, will be conducted at 
8 p.m. Tuesday at Tetrick Funeral Home, Rhododendron Chapel, with Rev. Jim 
Storie and Rev. Keith Gwyn officiating. Music will be under the direction 
of Mrs. Charlotte Smith, organist, and The Victory Singers. Graveside 
services and interment will be conducted at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Perkins 
Family Cemetery. Active pallbearers will be grandsons: Ray Blair, Johnny 
Hicks, Keith Perkins, David Perkins, James Bowers, Timothy Perkins and Samuel 
Perkins. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of Roan Highlands Nursing 
Center. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the 
Rhododendron Chapel. Friends may also call at the residence of a daughter, 
Wanda Frye, Roan Mountain, any time. The family, friends, ministers and 
pallbearers will meet at the funeral home at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to go in 
procession to the cemetery. To those who prefer, memorials in lieu of flowers 
may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Northeast Tennessee Chapter, 207 
North Boone Street, Suite 1050, Johnson City, Tenn. 37604. Tetrick Funeral 
Home, Rhododendron Chapel, Roan Mountain, is in charge of arrangements. 
www.Funeral-Plans.com/Tetrick