AMERICAN VETERAN
Oklahoman Archives
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
December 27, 1966, pg 19
John Perkins Dies;
Services Set Tuesday
John H. Perkins, 79, of 4812 N Spencer Rd., died
Monday in Veterans Administration Hospital. Services
will be at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday in Paylor' s Funeral
Home with burial in
Arlington Memorial cemetery.
He was born in Syracuse, Kan., and came to Oklahoma
in 1901. He vas a veteran of World War I and vas
awarded the purple heart and silver star. He was a
retired construction worker, member of VFW and
Spencer Methodist Church.
Survivors include three brothers, Grover and Pete, both of Spencer, and Dewey, Oklahoma City, and two sisters, Mrs. Hattie Leach, Spencer, and Mrs. C. Y. Lawrence, Cleveland, Ohio.
