Elsie Lurene Perry, 93, of Greenville passed away February 1, 2011 at Park Haven Nursing Center. Services will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday at Coker-Mathews Funeral Home Chapel with visitation beginning at 1:00 PM. Interment will be at Memoryland Memorial Park.
Elsie was born November 2, 1917 in Hunt County to William Franklin and Nancy A. Girdner Walker. She lived and attended school in the Black Cat Thicket Community near Wolfe City along with her five brothers and two sisters. All five brothers served in the military in WWII and all returned home safely. She married Floyd Perry in June, 1946 when he returned from serving in the U. S. Army. They made their home in Greenville. She was a member of Hillside Church of Christ (formerly Walnut Street Church of Christ).
Her survivors include her brother Lloyd Walker and wife Ann of Houston and a number of nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, brothers Everett, Welton, Hillard, and Benton Walker and sisters Flossie Walker Fox and Velva Walker Rouser.
She was a Christian woman loved and respected by those who knew her. She will be missed.
