Surviving Mr. Perry are his wife who was Miss Amelia Ragsdale, and the following children: Hal B. Perry, Jr., of Chester; Mrs. Julian P. Carlisle, Mrs. Sidney B. Wood and Miss Margie Perry of Greensboro, N.C.; Miss Bettie Perry and William Ragsdale Perry, students at the Lancaster High School; two brothers, J. M. Perry, of Tampa, Florida and Ben S. Perry of Kerans, Texas, and one sister, Mrs. Harry Hines of Lancaster.

19 May 1910 - 15 June 2005

 

Mrs. Halley Blake Croft, age 95, of Corsicana, Texas, died Wednesday, June 15, 2005, at Heritage Oaks Retirement Village in Corsicana, Texas.  Arrangements are being handled by Corley Funeral Home, Corsicana, Texas, where the family will receive friends from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM Friday, June 17, 2005.  Funeral service  will be at Oakwood Cemetery at 10:00 AM Saturday, June 18, 2005, Rev. Mike Alexander officiating.  Interment will be at Oakwood Cemetery, Corsicana, Texas.

 

 

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Funeral services for John M. Perry, 812 South Fremont Avenue, who died Monday

[24 April 1934] will be conducted at the J. D. Reed & Son funeral home this morning at 10 o'clock by the Rev. Henry Wiggings, of Fort Meyers Methodist Chruch, fomer pastor of Seffner Methodist Church.  Active pallbearers wil be W.S.Partrick, D.M. Partrick, J.W. Tomberlin, Carl Wheeler, Ernest Davis, and Leo Seldon; honorary pallbearers will be Dr Guerna, L.L. Lightsey, Lynn Partrick, Pat Ledfort, A. R. Williams and C.I Jetton.  Burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery.

Sudden death of Deputy Coroner Perry while holding an Inquest

 

(Illegible).....was shocked this Sunday by the bad news of the sudden death of our townsman, Capt. John M Perry.  He was holding an inquest over two colored children about six (?) miles South of town, who had been accidently poisoned by their mother, when he was stricken with apoplexy and died in about one hour.

He had impaneled the jury and taken the testimony of two witnesses and had sworn the third when his head fell forward and he would have fallen from his chair but was caught by some one standing  by his side.  Dr Poovey was present and did what he could for him but he never regained consiousness and ceased breathing ïn about one hour. His wife was sent for at once  but life was extinct when she reached his side.

    John Madison Perry was born near Liberty Hill, March 18th, 1841. He was the son of the late Jack Perry, one of the wealthiest men of that section in ante-bellum days.  He was twice married. He first married, April 21, 1864, Miss Jane C. Brown of Liberty Hill and five children born of this marriage survive him, viz.Mrs. Ira S. Scott, H.B. Perry, and Miss Bessie Perry of this county, J. M. Perry Jr, of Fairfield, and B.S. Perry of Texas.   His scond marriage, Dec 12 1882 was to Miss Minnie M. Massey.  Until they moved to town about four years ago, Capt. Perry had engaged in school teaching.  For the past two years he had been deputy coroner.  He was a member of the Presbyterian church and a man whose integrity was never questioned - polished and refined, a gentleman (.....illigible)

He (was a member of the) Lancaster Greys but was transferred in 1862 to the calvalry Co H, 4th S.C. Calvary, Capt Foster's old company, and remained with it until the close of the hostilites.  His remains were interred at Camp Creek Methodist Church Monday afternoon after an internment service conducted by Rev. Chalmers Fraser, pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place [Lancaster]. The pall bearers were Capt J.C.Foster, J.M Warrick, J.M. Pardue, T.H. Davis, W.D. Lammond, J.W. Williams, survivors of the lost cause.