Obit of Aaron P Perkins Sr - Bastrop County, Texas 
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Aaron P Perkins Pioneer Citizen Laid to Rest

(Note: handwritten on this obit is "1956")

Aaron P. Perkins, Sr., 84, lifelong pioneer resident of Bastrop County, 
passed away at 12:00 o'clock Monday, February 13, at the John Sealy 
Hospital in Galveston, having been in ill health since August, 1955. 
Services were conducted at the Marrs Funeral Home in Smithville at 
2:00 o'clock Wednesday afternoon, February 15, with the Rev. Wayland 
Woodall, pastor of the Assembly of God church, Bastrop, officiating. 
Burial was in the Alum Creek Cemetery.

Pall bearers were his grandsons, D.W. Clardy, Ennis Clardy, A.V. 
Clardy, M.V. Perkins, Bryson French and L.C. Courts.

(Note: D.W. Clardy is Delmar Woodrow Clardy, M.V. Perkins is Major 
V. Perkins)

Survivors include the following children, Aaron Eal Perkins, Bastrop; 
I.L. (Note: Ira Lee) Perkins, Petersburg; Mrs. Georgia Stewart and Mr. 
Ernest Williams, Austin; a host of other relatives and many friends.

Mr. Perkins was born on January 21, 1872, the son of William Perkins 
and Rebecca Cisco Perkins. He was married to Ellen Jane Walters, and 
established himself as a successful cattleman in this county.

Friends and relatives attending the funeral from out of town were Mrs. 
Lois Spivey, Liberty Hill; Mr. and Mrs. Ennis Clardy, and Mr. and Mrs. 
A.V. Clardy and daughters, Austin; Mr. and Mrs. M.V. Perkins, Baytown; 
Mrs. Clydie Joseph, Liberty Hill, all grandchildren; Mrs. London 
Robinson and Leonard Perkins, Elgin; and Mr. and Mrs. L.C. Courts 
and Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Courts, Ne-----nd (Nederland?)