Jean Perry, 83, of Corinth-Oakville Road, Russellville, passed away Thursday, Nov. 23, 2017 at Auburn Healthcare. She was a Logan County native, born April 14, 1934 to the late Earl Whitlow and Beulah McPhail Whitlow Thomas. Her step-father, D. A. Thomas, who preceded her in death.
She was a homemaker where raising a garden was her passion. She was one of the first participants in the Logan County Farmers Market. She was a member of Berea Christian Church where she was an active member in all of the planning and participating of activities. Jean especially loved Lord’s Acre Day held each Sunday before Thanksgiving.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas Noe Perry; her sister, Dorothy Jenkins,; her half-sister, JoAnn Thomas; and her half-brother, Alvindorn Thomas.
She is survived by her sons, Jack Alan Perry and wife Norma of Adairville and Brian Noe Perry and wife Missy of Russellville; her half-brother, H.C. Thomas of Oakville; her grandchildren, Nehkeya Clifton of Hohenwald, Tenn. and Jacob Brian Perry and Thomas Edwin Perry, both of Russellville; her step-grandchildren, Chris Bellar and Greg Bellar, both of Russellville; and her great-grandchildren, Matthew Clifton and Addison Clifton.
Funeral services for Jean Perry will be conducted at 1 p.m., Monday Nov. 27, at Berea Christian Church with Rev. Dan Lovell officiating with burial to follow in Berea Cemetery. Visitation at Summers, Kirby and Sanders Funeral Home will be held Sunday, from 3-6 p.m. and visitation at the church on Monday, beginning at 10 a.m. and lasting until the service hour.
Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Berea Christian Church or the Michael J. Fox Parkinson Research Foundation. Envelopes will be available at the funeral home and the church.
Pallbearers: Jacob Perry, Winn Perry, Frank Orndorff Jr., Cindy Huffines, Charley Orndorff, Lindell Ray Jenkins, Matthew Clifton and T.J. Faenza