TAZEWELL COUNTY, VA - OBITUARIES - Letitia Perry, 29 Dec 1942
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"Clinch Valley News"
Tazewell, Tazwell Co., VA
Fiday, January 8, 1943

MRS. LETITIA PERRY

Mrs. Letitia Perry, aged 81, died Tuesday, December 29 I(1942) n St.
Luke's hospital, Bluefield (WV).

Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at Bluefield, Va., from
the Perry home and interment was made in the Peery (Thomas B. Peery)
cemetery near Five Oaks.

Mrs. Peery was born in 1861 in Tazewell county, the daughter of B. F.
and Emma Carter Macom and was the widow of the late Alexander Peery, who
died in 1939. There survives one son, Richard Peery, of Bluefield , Va.,
one sister, Mrs. Mayme Faulkner of Five Oaks; one brother, John Macom of
Pocahontas, and the following nieces and nephews, Mrs. B. L. Lazenby, of
City point, Mrs. R. S. Ball, of Williamson, Mrs. John Repass, of
McComas, Mrs. Dick Metcale, of Bluefield, Miss Ruth Macom, of
Pocahontas, Mrs. Sam Milchin, of Richmond, Mrs. Grace Kenyon, of
Syracuse, N. Y; Miss Ruth Faulkner of Five Oaks; Miss La Rue Faulkner,
of Norfolk, Mrs. Nancy Carter, of Five Oaks, and John Macom, Jr., of
Pocahontas

[Letitia 'Lettie' Macom married Benjamin F. (Franklin?) 'B.F//Benjy'
Macom about 1888, accoriding the 1900 Tazewell Co VA Census. B. F. Macon
was the s/o John Macom.
 B. F. Macom was born in Nicholas Co., VA/WV, according to his marriage
record of  25 Dec 1866 in Tazewell Co., VA when he married Luemma S.
Carter who was a d/o Samuel  &  M. Carter. I found three sons for
Alexander S. 'Alex' Peery  & Letitia; William R. Peery, Eddie Peery
(died very young), and John Richard Peery who served in W W I. The
entire  family, of Alex & Latetia Perry is buried at the Thomas B. Peery
Cemetery at Five oaks, Tazewell Co., VA. Ruth Macom was a d/o John Macom
, Sr., and is wife, Anna. Ruth Macom taught for many years at Graham
High School at Bluefield, Tazewell Co., VA and I, Karen EAGLE Moman, was
one of her lucky pupils. She was a much beloved teacher].
ADDED DATA:
1880 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
# 313, Clear Fork Dist # 87, read June 17-18, William Yost, enumerator
FRANK MACUM (sic), 65 (sic), farmer ,all b. VA-age incorrect
.....Laura (sic), 40, wife, k-house (Luemma S. Carter)
.....Lattitia (sic)*, 20, daughter
.....Maggie, 15, *dau
.....Samuel, 7, son
.....John M., 3, son
* apparently children of a first marriage of B. F. Macom


1920 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS
# 47, Town of Pocahontas, Clearfork, Dsit, Herman C. Tabor, enumerator
JOHN MACUM (sic), 42
.....Anna, 42, wife
.....Ruth, 5, dau (Taught School at Graham High School, Blfd, VA)
.....Virginia, 3, dau
.....John, Jr., 1, son

Karen EAGLE Moman
September 14, 2002



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