CHILDRESS - Clyde E. Perkins Jr., 83, died Friday, Nov. 3, 2006.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Childress Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Wood officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home.
Mr. Perkins was born April 2, 1923, in Paducah to Maidie Woodley Perkins and Clyde E. Perkins Sr. He grew up in Tennessee Valley and Kirkland. While attending Texas A&M University in College Station, Mr. Perkins enlisted in the Army Air Forces on Dec. 15, 1942, during World War II combat with Japan. He served as an airplane electrical mechanic specialist. He was stationed in Guam, Okinawa and Quadline Island. After receiving an honorable discharge on April 4, 1946, as a disabled veteran, Mr. Perkins returned to Childress County, where he farmed in Kirkland and Chalk.
Mr. Perkins was gentle, kind and caring, and never turned down helping others. He was a loving and loyal son devoted to the care of his parents.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include a brother, James R. Perkins of Oak Leaf; three sisters, Maidelle Mitchell of Denver, Mary Frances Lovelace of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Shirley Alexander of Weatherford; three nieces; and three nephews.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 5, 2006
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Childress Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Wood officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home.
Mr. Perkins was born April 2, 1923, in Paducah to Maidie Woodley Perkins and Clyde E. Perkins Sr. He grew up in Tennessee Valley and Kirkland. While attending Texas A&M University in College Station, Mr. Perkins enlisted in the Army Air Forces on Dec. 15, 1942, during World War II combat with Japan. He served as an airplane electrical mechanic specialist. He was stationed in Guam, Okinawa and Quadline Island. After receiving an honorable discharge on April 4, 1946, as a disabled veteran, Mr. Perkins returned to Childress County, where he farmed in Kirkland and Chalk.
Mr. Perkins was gentle, kind and caring, and never turned down helping others. He was a loving and loyal son devoted to the care of his parents.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include a brother, James R. Perkins of Oak Leaf; three sisters, Maidelle Mitchell of Denver, Mary Frances Lovelace of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Shirley Alexander of Weatherford; three nieces; and three nephews.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 5, 2006
CHILDRESS - Clyde E. Perkins Jr., 83, died Friday, Nov. 3, 2006.
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Childress Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Wood officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home.
Mr. Perkins was born April 2, 1923, in Paducah to Maidie Woodley Perkins and Clyde E. Perkins Sr. He grew up in Tennessee Valley and Kirkland. While attending Texas A&M University in College Station, Mr. Perkins enlisted in the Army Air Forces on Dec. 15, 1942, during World War II combat with Japan. He served as an airplane electrical mechanic specialist. He was stationed in Guam, Okinawa and Quadline Island. After receiving an honorable discharge on April 4, 1946, as a disabled veteran, Mr. Perkins returned to Childress County, where he farmed in Kirkland and Chalk.
Mr. Perkins was gentle, kind and caring, and never turned down helping others. He was a loving and loyal son devoted to the care of his parents.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include a brother, James R. Perkins of Oak Leaf; three sisters, Maidelle Mitchell of Denver, Mary Frances Lovelace of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Shirley Alexander of Weatherford; three nieces; and three nephews.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 5, 2006
Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in Childress Cemetery with the Rev. Kerry Wood officiating. Arrangements are by Johnson Funeral Home.
Mr. Perkins was born April 2, 1923, in Paducah to Maidie Woodley Perkins and Clyde E. Perkins Sr. He grew up in Tennessee Valley and Kirkland. While attending Texas A&M University in College Station, Mr. Perkins enlisted in the Army Air Forces on Dec. 15, 1942, during World War II combat with Japan. He served as an airplane electrical mechanic specialist. He was stationed in Guam, Okinawa and Quadline Island. After receiving an honorable discharge on April 4, 1946, as a disabled veteran, Mr. Perkins returned to Childress County, where he farmed in Kirkland and Chalk.
Mr. Perkins was gentle, kind and caring, and never turned down helping others. He was a loving and loyal son devoted to the care of his parents.
He was preceded in death by his parents.
Survivors include a brother, James R. Perkins of Oak Leaf; three sisters, Maidelle Mitchell of Denver, Mary Frances Lovelace of Crystal Lake, Ill., and Shirley Alexander of Weatherford; three nieces; and three nephews.
Amarillo Globe-News, Nov. 5, 2006
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