December 26, 2001

Willie Perry

HOWARDVILLE, Mo. -- Willie B. "Sonny" Perry, 68, of Howardville died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau. He was born Jan. 2, 1933, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Joe and Quincy Warr Perry. He moved to Louisville, Ky., to be raised by an aunt, Cora Williams Brooks. He and Willa Mae Hamilton were married in 1960...

HOWARDVILLE, Mo. -- Willie B. "Sonny" Perry, 68, of Howardville died Friday, Dec. 21, 2001, at Southeast Missouri Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Jan. 2, 1933, in Memphis, Tenn., son of Joe and Quincy Warr Perry. He moved to Louisville, Ky., to be raised by an aunt, Cora Williams Brooks. He and Willa Mae Hamilton were married in 1960.

He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. He retired from Noranda Aluminum in 1993 after 24 years.

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Survivors include three sons, Michael Perry Bishop of Fort Wayne, Ind., Lynn Perry of Kennesaw, Ga., and Wendell Perry of Chula Vista, Calif.; one daughter, Paula Newson of New Madrid, Mo.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

Friends may call after noon Saturday at Mount Olive Missionary Baptist Church in Lilbourn, Mo.

Funeral be at 1 p.m. Saturday at the church, with the Rev. Ernest Willis officiating. Burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery at New Madrid, with military funeral honors.

Williams-Farr & Purnell Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

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