Camille Thomas Perry ~ Obituary

The funeral service for Henry County native Camille Thomas Perry of Sharon will be at 11 a.m. Monday at Ridgeway Funeral Home.

David Van Wyk will officiate. Burial will follow in New Bethel Cemetery at Henry.

Visitation will be 4-8 p.m. Sunday and after 10 a.m. Monday.

Perry died Monday, Feb. 8, 2010, at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Desoto in Southaven, Miss., on her 77th birthday.

Born in Paris, she was the daughter of Frank Elam Thomas and Lena Mae Hawkins Thomas, now both deceased.

She was married in November 1956, to Allen K. Perry, who died Nov. 7, 2003.

Perry was a member of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Fulton and a former employee of Holley carburetor plant in Paris. A family member said she enjoyed crocheting, sewing, gardening and working outside.

She leaves one son: Thomas D. Perry of Horn Lake, Miss.; two daughters: Allene Katherine (Dale) Atkins of Greenback and Cindy (Dennis) Glisson of McKenzie; two brothers: Lucien (Celia) Thomas and Lowell (Dorothy) Thomas, both of Paris;

Five grandchildren: Dylan Wilson of Knoxville, Courtney Wilson of California, Aldred Atkins of Greenback, Melanie Early of McKenzie and Jeff (Vicky) Glisson of Lexington; and two great-grandchildren: Lauren and Grant Early.

Reprinted from THE PARIS POST-INTELLIGENCER
Paris, Tennessee
February 11, 2010 Edition ~ Used by Permission