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Bessie Perkins Obituary

AUGUSTA, Ga. - Mrs. Bessie M. Perkins, of Balfour Drive, entered into rest Thursday, December 22, 2005, at Windermere Nursing Home. Funeral services will be held Thursday, December 29, 2005 at 11:00 a.m. at Beach Branch Baptist Church, Sardis, GA. Burial will be at the church cemetery. Mrs. Perkins, a native of Burke County, was a homemaker and a member of Beech Branch Baptist Church. Survivors are three sons, Otis Perkins, Columbus, Ohio, E.J. Perkins, Augusta and Ralph (Elean) Perkins, Hephzibah; three daughters, Frankie Perkins Trent, Ossie Burson and Lula Dean Herrington, Augusta; sister-in-law, Belle Clark, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.; 16 grandchildren, 32 grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; special friend, Marie Simpkins, Augusta and a host of nieces, nephews and other relatives. Williams Funeral Home, 1765 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. Sign the guestbook at AugustaChronicle.com

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Published by Chicago Sun-Times from Dec. 27 to Dec. 28, 2005.

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LULLINE PHILLIPS

December 28, 2005

Dear "Granny" was a blessing to all that knew her....when I lived across the street she always sitting on the porch with hello's and sweet words....babysitting my daughter for awhile many yrs ago, we want to express our sympathy to the family of a wonderful lady...Lulline and Rodney Phillips,

Krisy Tompkins

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