Queen Perry

PERRY, Mother Queen E. - Age 76, went home to be with the Lord, Friday, August 3, 2012 at her residence. Family hour 10:30 a.m. Saturday, August 11, 2012 at Greater Holy Temple C.O.G.I.C., 6702 N. Dort Hwy., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Eld. Henry Jamerson officiating, Bishop Roger L. Jones, Sr., Host Pastor. Interment Crestwood Memorial Cemetery, G-2020 E. Hill Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10:30 a.m. Saturday. Mother Perry will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 12Noon-4 p.m. Friday. Afterwhich, Ms. Perry will be taken to Greater Holy Temple C.O.G.I.C. for Memorial Service from 6-8 p.m. Mother Queen E. Perry was born to the union of Jim and Della (Higginbottom) Boles on February 26, 1936 in Delay, MS. She grew up with seven sisters, five brothers and four male cousins. She gave her life to Christ at an early age and attended Rock Hill Missionary Baptist Church under the pastorate of Rev. J. B. Jones. She attended Brown Hill School and Oxford Training School in Oxford, MS. Mother Queen E. Perry married Melvin T Perry, of Oxford, MS. on February 11th, 1956. The couple relocated to Flint, MI. Three children were born to this union, Melvenus, Delphine and Vanessa. She and Mr. Melvin T. Perry were divorced in 1976, after twenty years of marriage. Mother Queen Perry worked for the Board of Education as a Security Aid in 1971 at Whittier Middle School. She retired after a tenure of thirty five wonderful years. She also served as the Treasurer for the FSA for many years. Mother Perry became a member of Pentecostal Tabernacle COGIC in August of 1974. She has served her local church in many capacities and served in the Headquarters District as well as SW#3 Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction of Michigan as an Evangelist Missionary. Mother Perry served in the community as an Associate Chaplain for the Genesee County Jail and as a Foster Grandmother for Hurley Medical Center in the Neo-Natal Unit. Mother Queen E. Perry leaves to cherish her memory: 3 daughters, Melvenus Dunn of Flint, MI, Delphine (Daryl) Smith of Flushing, MI, Vanessa (Anthony) McCarty of Clinton, MS; 9 grandchildren, Kelvin Tippit II, Daryl Smith II, DeWayne Tippit (fiancé Karen), Diondra Perry, Anthony McCarty Jr., Kerrie Lee, James Dunn Jr., Terrence Smith and Robert Smith; great-grandchildren, Keondra Whidbee, Dominic Smith, Jeremiah Whidbee-Tippit, Joshua Whidbee-Tippit; sisters, Louise Leech, Akron, OH, Queen E. (Jack) Morse, Flint, Zula Mae Goolsby, Shannon, MS, Kattie Wells, Oxford, MS; brothers, Lee Russell (Jurlean) Boles, Oxford, MS, Jim H. (Oreather) Boles of Flint; a host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Mother Perry was preceded in death by her parents, Jim and Della Boles; sisters, Queen Annie Barnes, Marzella Fox; brothers, Nimrod Boles, John O. Parham (Bubba), James Lee Boles, Johnny Boles; granddaughter, Daisy R. Dunn; grandson, Andreas McCarty; and special friend, Mrs. Theda Wilson.

Queen Perry

February 26, 1936 - August 3, 2012