Walter Perry

75 year old Walter Perry of Lancaster died Tuesday at the Skyline Madison Campus. He was a teacher and a member of the Cookeville Church of the Nazarene, where he was a lifetime Sunday School teacher. He served in Korea and was an Eagle Scout. The funeral will be Friday at 1:00 p.m. at the Cookeville Church of the Nazarene. Kevin Thomas will officiate and burial will be in the Gordonsville Cemetery. Visitation will be Thursday from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. at Love-Cantrell Funeral Home and Friday from noon until the time of the service at 1:00 p.m. at the church. No visitation will be held at the funeral home on Friday. He was preceded in death by his wife, Meelan Perry; parents, Willie and Eula Perry; and a brother, Jack Perry. Survivors include three sons, Joel and his wife Teresa Perry of Greenbrier, Mark Perry of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida and Todd and his wife, Teri Perry of Dowelltown. Four grandchildren, Emily Perry of Greenbrier, Erin Perry of Doweltown, Josh and his wife Megan Perry of Smithville, and Hailey Perry of Dowelltown. One great granddaughter, Mallory Perry of Smithville. Two sisters, Jancie Abney of Valley, Alabama and Gail and husband Bobby Blackmon of Fredonia, Alabama. Devoted caregiver, Stephanie Beckwith and devoted friends Doris and Ernest Lannom. Love-Cantrell Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements. The family asks that donations be made, in lieu of flowers, to Alive Hospice of Nashville or the Cookeville Church of the Nazarene Building Fund.