Sam Perry
Posted: May 1, 2015
COLUMBUS — Sam Perry, 88, died April 24, 2015, in Columbus. Services are 3 p.m. Saturday at Shiloh Full Gospel MB Church with the Rev. Maurice Williams officiating. Burial will follow at Faith Harvest Cemetery. Visitation is today from noon-6 p.m. at Lee-Sykes Funeral Home of Columbus. Mr. Perry was born in Crawford on April 24, 1927, to the late Andrew and Ada Perry. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by six brothers, John Thomas, Jim Perry, Sheppard Perry, Andrew Perry Jr., Louis Perry and J. P. Perry; and three sisters, Fannie Perry, Ruth Durrah and May Mosley. He is survived by sons, Jessie Perry of Connecticut, Sammie Perry and Jeffery Perry, both of Columbus and Sammy Lathan of Atlanta; daughters, Brenda Perry, Patricia Glenn, Gloria Wiley, Daphne Grassiree, Nancy Porter, all of Columbus, Yvonne Cox of North Carolina and Rosie Gardner of Tuscaloosa, Alabama; 39 grandchildren; and 53 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers are Christopher Perry, Brian Gardner, Gregory Perry, R. D. Mosley, .J. P. Perry and Jeffery Payne.