Billie Perryman

Posted: Thursday, May 31, 2012 11:48 am

The Messenger, May 31, 2012
Billie Glisson Perry-man, 81, of Union City died 9:50 a.m. May 30, 2012, in the emergency room at Volunteer Community Hospital in Martin.
Services for Mrs. Perryman will be 10:30 a.m. Friday at Edmaiston-Mosley Fun-eral Home. The Revs. Jerry Leggett and Eddie Mallonee will officiate.
Burial will follow in Sunnyside Cemetery in Kenton.
The family will receive friends at the funeral home 5- 8 p.m. today.
Pallbearers will be Mike Perryman, Brian Hughes, Derek Perryman, Michael Simpson, Paul Crowell, Jimmy Hopper, Dallas King, Lance Morgan and Jason Qualls.
Honorary pallbearers will be Pete Mullins, W.C. Tate and William Duren.
Memorial contributions may take the form of donations to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105; or Second Baptist Church, 831 Everett Blvd., Union City, TN 38261.
 Mrs. Perryman was born Aug. 22, 1930, in Kenton, daughter of the late Glisson and Nell (Sharp) Dozier. She married William “Cot-ton” Perryman Dec. 2, 1951. He survives. She had been employed at the former Kenton Flower Shop for 30 years, was a homemaker and was a member of Union City Second Baptist Church.
She is also survived by two daughters, Penny Petty and Tammy Crowell, both of Union City; her son and daughter-in-law, Tony and Tammy Perryman of Union City; her sister, Juanita Lane of Kenton; six grandchildren, Jo Beth Petty of Brandon, Miss., Leigh Ann Reeder of Franklin, Derek Perryman of Murfreesboro, Taylor Perryman of Knoxville and Laura Petty and Kalie Beth Crowell, both of Union City; and her great-grandson, Cohen Simpson of Union City.
She was preceded in death by three sisters, Wyone Johns, Maxine Hopper and Inez Watkins.
To view the DVD that is an online tribute, or to leave messages of condolence for the family, visit the funeral home website at www.emfuneralhome.com.