Jimmy Perry (Plainview)

Jimmy Perry 79, of Nash, Oklahoma formerly of Plainview, passed away Sunday, June 3, 2012 in Enid, OK. Funeral service will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, June 9, 2012 at Kornerstone Funeral Directors Chapel with Rev. Robert Malcolm of Western Heritage Fellowship in Hale Center officiating. Burial will follow in Parklawn Memorial Gardens under the care of Kornerstone Funeral Directors of Plainview. A visitation will be held on Friday, June 8, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Jimmy was born on January 19, 1933 to W.A. & Fannie Elizabeth Williamson Perry in Abernathy, Texas. He grew up in Plainview and attended schools here. He served in the U.S. Army in Kettering, England. While in England he met Gwendoline Mae Allcoat. They married on May 21, 1955 in Kettering. They moved to Plainview in 1956 to make their home. He worked at the CO-OP and drove a truck for Ken Curry Motor Freight. He then worked at United Farm Industries until 2005 when he retired. He moved to Nash, OK just 6 months ago to be near his family. He enjoyed his dogs and working in the barn. Jimmy was preceded in death by his wife Gwendoline on October 16, 2003; three sons, Gerald, Richard, Terry Perry; one grandson, Shean Crawford; three brothers, and four sisters. He is survived by one son, Buster Perry of Plainview, TX; three daughters, Carolyn McGowan of Plainview, TX, Barbara Cook of Nash, OK, and Beverly Crawford of Plainview, TX; one brother, Arnold Perry of Tulia, TX; one sister, Nette White of Plainview, TX; fifteen grandchildren and sixteen great grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Veteran’s Administration or Favorite Charity.