Surry County-Newport News City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Perry, Thelma A. Stallings, 2006 

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THELMA STALLINGS PERRY 

  HAMPTON - Thelma Stallings Perry, 89, died Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006.  She was a 
Wythe resident for 66 years.  She was the only child of Bertha and Clarence 
Stallings and was raised on the "Old Church Farm" near Elberon in Surry County.

  Mrs. Perry was graduate of Dendron High School and Averett College in 
Danville where she was on the basketball team and a member of the Delta Psi 
Omega honor fraternity for men and women.  In later years, she was president 
of the Averett College local Alumnae Association.  She furthered her education 
at the College of William & Mary and was on the field hockey team.  In 1940 
she joined First Baptist Church of Newport News where she was an active and 
dedicated member.  She was selected as a Life Deacon, was a member of the 
Keystone & Joy Sunday School Classes and active in missions of the church. 
She served as president of the Women’s Missionary Union and was a long time 
Girls Auxiliary and Young Women’s Association leader.  She helped organize the 
church library and was the librarian for over 30 years, thus honored by the 
church as Church Librarian Emeritus.  She was also a charter member of the 
Swingin Singers Senior choir and the XYZ Club.

  She was married to the late Hallet "Buck" Parker Perry for 42 years.  She is 
survived by her two sons, Hallett "Hal" P. Perry, Jr. of Hampton and Ronald 
"Ron" A. Perry and his wife, Diane of Newport News and her two grandchildren, 
Parker A. Perry of Orlando, Fla. and Delaine P. Kaplan of Charlottesville.

  Vistation will take place from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. on Friday, Nov. 10, 2006 
at First Baptist Church at the church library.  Funeral services will begin at 
11:30 a.m. in the church sanctuary with burial to follow in Peninsula Memorial 
Park.  The family would like to thank the staff and friends at Northampton 
Convalesent Center for their love and car during the past year.  In lieu of 
flowers, the family request that donations be sent to the First Baptist Church 
Library of Building Fund, 12716 Warwick Blvd., NN, VA 23606.  Arrangements by 
Weymouth Funeral Home.


Thelma Adams (STALLINGS; Mrs. H.P. "Buck") PERRY, 
b. 22 Jun 1917, Surry Co., d. 7 Nov 2006, Hampton, 
interred in Peninsula Memorial Park, Newport News, 10 Nov 2006, 
"The Daily Press" (Newport News, VA), Nov. 9, 2006, 
   posted with Find a Grave Mem. #93358096 

Her parents are buried in Wakefield Cemetery.  Wakefield list, an extension 
   of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/sussex/cemeteries/wakefd.txt 

Birthdate &c. from B.Cert. 44043 (Cobham #44). 


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