VERNIE PERRY

BLOOMFIELD -- Vernie Perry, 89, of Bloomfield died Saturday, Oct. 9, 1999, at the Beverly Healthcare Center at Bloomfield.

She was born Dec. 13, 1909, near Bloomfield, daughter of Monroe Thomas and Dovie Ann Miller Aslin. She and Ernest Elvis "Ebb" Perry were married Oct. 24, 1926. He died Jan. 5, 1962.

She was a member of the Second General Baptist Church at Dexter.

Survivors include a daughter, Maxine Simmons of Cape Girardeau; a brother, Homer Aslin of Bloomfield; a sister, Wilma Link of Dexter; a grandson; and two great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by three children, two sisters and four brothers.

Friends may call from 5 to 8 p.m. today at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home at Bloomfield.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at the funeral home. The Rev. Vyron Yount will officiate, with burial to follow at Walker Cemetery.