Edgel Emma THOMPSON
- Born: 22 Mar 1913, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
- Marriage: Joseph Roe PERKINS Sr. on 28 May 1931 in Asbury, Greenbrier Co., WV
- Died: 27 Jan 2001, Rupert, Greenbrier Co., WV at age 87 68
- Buried: 30 Jan 2001, Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintonville, Greenbrier Co., WV 68
General Notes:
The Beckley Register-Herald, Online Edition, 30 January 2001
CLINTONVILLE - Emma Edgel Thompson Perkins, 87, passed away Saturday, Jan. 27, 2001, at Autumn Way Nursing Home, Rupert, following a long illness.
Born March 22, 1913, in Clintonville, she was the daughter of the late Floyd Allen and Mary Effie Walkup Thompson.
Mrs. Perkins was a member of Sam Black United Methodist Church and a homemaker.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Joseph Roe Perkins Sr., in 1984; a daughter, Patricia Rowland; two sisters, Marjorie Burns and Daisy Shirkey; and four brothers, Paul A. Thompson, Fred A. Thompson, Ronald David Thompson and Charles Will-iam Thompson.
Survivors include five daughters, Phyllis Dupree of Imm-okalee, Fla., Marian Tipton of Middletown, Ohio, Louise Puckett of Hamilton, Ohio, and Gladys Tincher and Elizabeth "Bibby" Robinson, both of Clintonville; six sons, Curtis Perkins of Ronceverte, John Perkins and Joseph Roe Perkins Jr., both of Naples, Fla., Phillip Perkins of Middletown, James Perkins of Rainelle and Robert Perkins of Naples; 49 grandchildren; 77 great-grandchildren; and 10 great-great-grandchildren.
Service will be 2 p.m. today at Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home Chapel, Rainelle, with the Rev. Tim McClung officiating. Entombment will follow in Wallace Memorial Mausoleum, Clintonville.
Friends called 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to Greenbrier Valley Hospice, 203 S. Jefferson St., Lewisburg, WV 24901.
Arrangements by Wallace and Wallace Funeral Home, Rainelle.
Edgel married Joseph Roe PERKINS Sr., son of William PERKINS and Florence ALLEN, on 28 May 1931 in Asbury, Greenbrier Co., WV. (Joseph Roe PERKINS Sr. was born on 14 Dec 1907 in Greenbrier Co., WV and died on 27 Jun 1984.)
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