Individual Details

Earl Loren Perkins

(23 Feb 1907 - 1 Oct 1977)

Daily Statesman-Messenger, Dexter, Missouri, Monday, October 3, 1977, Page 2, Col. 2: Earl Perkins dies at age 70. Earl L. Perkins, 70-year-old Dexter resident died Saturday at the Dexter Memorial Hospital. Mr. Perkins was born Feb. 23, 1907 at Lutesville, the son of John and Martha Elizabeth Euker Perkins. He was a retired salesman. On March 18, 1931*, he married Mae Eaton, at Acorn Ridge, and she survives. Other survivors include three sons, Frank A. Perkins, Corona, Calif.; Sgt. Maj. Gary O. Perkins, Columbia, S.C.; Earl T. Perkins, Dexter; and four grandchildren. Visitation begins today at 3 p.m. at the Rainey Funeral Home, with funeral service scheduled for Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Rainey Chapel. Rev. Leon Slover, United Methodist Church of Dexter, will officiate and burial will follow in the Dexter Cemetery.

*March 17, 1932.

Events

Birth23 Feb 1907Lutesville, Bollinger Co., Missouri
Marriage17 Mar 1934Stoddard Co., Missouri - Mae Avaril Eaton
Death1 Oct 1977Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri
BurialDexter Cemetery, Dexter, Stoddard Co., Missouri

Families

SpouseMae Avaril Eaton (1912 - 1993)
ChildGary O. Perkins ( - )
ChildEarl T. Perkins ( - )
ChildFrank Andrew Perkins (1946 - 2000)
FatherDavid Edward Perkins (1871 - 1935)
MotherLaura Adeline Ham (1875 - 1946)
SiblingWilliam Henry Perkins (1894 - 1943)
SiblingDessie May Perkins (1898 - 1990)
SiblingOtis Melvin Perkins (1902 - 1963)
SiblingOpal Clementine Perkins (1905 - 1989)
SiblingCarl Cecil Perkins (1910 - 1974)
SiblingDella Marie Perkins (1913 - 1992)
SiblingStella Lee Perkins (1916 - 1967)
SiblingLawrence Forest Perkins (1917 - 1946)
SiblingFlorence Frances Perkins (1918 - 1918)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

2. Find A Grave.

3. Obituary of Earl L. Perkins, Daily Statesman-Messenger, Dexter, Missouri, Monday, October 3, 1977, Page 2, Col. 2.

4. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

5. Obituary of Mae P. McGill, The Daily Statesman, Dexter, Missouri, Wednesday, March 24, 1993, Page 2, Col. 6.

6. Ancestry.com, Public Member Trees (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2006), Database online..

7. Find A Grave.

8. Obituary of Earl L. Perkins, Daily Statesman-Messenger, Dexter, Missouri, Monday, October 3, 1977, Page 2, Col. 2.

9. Find A Grave.

10. Obituary of Earl L. Perkins, Daily Statesman-Messenger, Dexter, Missouri, Monday, October 3, 1977, Page 2, Col. 2.