OBIT: Ernest Perkins

Ernest Marion “Major” Perkins, 75, of Winder, died Sunday, April 6, 2008. He was the son of the late Ernest and Emily Bell Sims Perkins, and was a member of Covenant Presbyterian Church in Athens. He was a veteran, having served in the United States Navy during the Korean War from 1952 to 1956. He was a graduate of Bogart High School and was retired from North West Airlines as a station manager. Survivors include his wife, Sandra Hammond Perkins; sons and daughters-in-law, Jeff and Tiffany Perkins, Bartlett, Tenn., Ernie and Sherry Perkins, Temple; daughters and sons-in-law, Jackie and Ricky Hayes and Susan Price, all of Winder, Emily and Bill Watson, Moreland, Kellie and Sam McCullough, Durango, Colo.; 15 grandchildren; four great-grandchildren; sisters, Miriam O’Kelly and Jean Kittle, both of Winder. Funeral services will be held Wednesday, April 9, at 2 p.m., at Smith Memory Chapel with the Revs. Mark Harper, Beecher Mathes and Wade Thomas officiating. Burial will be in Hebron Christian Church cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made to St. Mary’s Hospice House, 1500 Oglethorpe Ave., Ste. 200C, Athens, Ga. 30606, or Covenant Presbyterian Church, 1065 Gaines School Rd., Athens, Ga. 30605. Smith Funeral Home, Winder, is in charge of arrangements.