J.B. Perry
By Staff
Oct. 28, 2008
Funeral for J.B. Perry 86, of Foley was Sunday, Nov. 2, at 3 p.m. at McKendree Methodist Church with the Rev. Mickey Davis officiating and Peck Funeral Home directing.
Burial was in Herring Cemetery.
Mr. Perry died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2008, at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center. He was born July 5, 1922, in Marengo County to George Robert Perry and Myrtie Parten Perry. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II and a graduate of the University of Alabama. He worked at U.S. Steel for more than 30 years and retired to Bon Secour in 1980. He was preceded in death by his parents and a brother, Therman B. Perry.
He is survived by his wife, Ruth Hardwick Perry of Foley; a daughter, Charlotte Drennan; a brother, Stanley G. Perry of Mountainview, Calif.; three sisters, Soule O’ Laughlin of Belmont, Calif.; Veva Jackobson of Lakewood, Colo.; and Libby McCormick of Selma.