Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Thursday, February 3, 1977

HENRY L. PERRY

Henry Lynn Perry, 76, 229 Lindsey Drive, Jackson, died Wednesday in a Jackson hospital. A native of Laurel, he had lived in Jackson for the past 24 years and was a retired painter. His wife, Mrs. Louise Bryant Perry, preceded him in death in 1964.

Survivors include two sons, Clarence Lynn Perry, New Orleans; Bryant Henry Perry, Jackson; one daughter, Patricia Lawson; one brother, Lester Talmadge Perry, both of Jackson; three sisters, Mrs. Lula Walley, Dallas, Tex.; Mrs. W. B. Watkins, Hebron; Mrs. Catherine Steel, Almedia, Tex.; three grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Services will be held Saturday, at 11 a.m., from the chapel of Thompson Funeral Home with the Rev. Bert Jones officiating. Burial will be in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The body will be placed in the parlor of Thompson Funeral Home at 6 p.m. Friday.

Nephews will serve as pallbearers.