Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Perry, John R., 1947 

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JOHN RICHARD PERRY 

   John Richard Perry, 58, died suddenly at his home in Carrsville on Thursday 
morning, May 1, after a heart attack.  He was the son of the late William 
Dorsey and Mrs. Charlotte Byrum Perry of Chowan County, N.C., and was a member 
of Beaver Dam Baptist Church.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Berta Saunders Perry; four sons, Wayland 
Perry of Tyner, N.C., William H. Perry, USN, of Valleys, Calif., and Merrill 
and Alvah Perry of Carrsville; three daughters, Mrs. Cornell Overman of 
Gatesville, N.C., Mrs. Margaret Hoffler of Hobbsville, N.C., and Mrs. Hazel 
Turner of Ocean View, Norfolk; a brother, Alfred Perry of Edenton, N.C.; a 
sister, Mrs. Annie Leary of Tyner, N.C.; and four grandchildren.

   Funeral services were conducted at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Beaver 
Dam Church, with the pastor, Rev. N.C. Clifton, officiating.  Burial was in 
church cemetery, with the following acting as pallbearers: Paul S. Lowe, W.L. 
Bradshaw, Sr., Reuben Bittle, William Lee, Elvin H. Whitley, R.H. Rawls, James 
L. Bracey, and Paul Lankford.  Honorary pallbearers were member of the Beaver 
Dam Men’s Bible Class.


John Richard PERRY, 
Chowan Co., NC native, d. 1 May 1947, at home, Carrsville, age 58, 
interred in Beaver Dam Baptist Church Cemetery*, near Franklin, 4 May 1947, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 9, 1947, p. 4 

*He & his widow share a gravestone, which gives her name incorrectly as 
   "Roberta S. PERRY" - it was [Margaret] Alberta. 
   Beaver Dam list (BD-61), an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/bvrdam.txt 

Berta's obit ("Tidewater News," Sep. 13, 1971, p. 4) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p600b1ob.txt 


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