Valda Perkins former wife of Singer Carl Perkins

[Busgal]

Valda deVere Perkins, 74, beloved wife of the late Carl Perkins, died
peacefully at home in Jackson, Tennessee, on Tuesday, November 15.

Born in Bemis, Tennessee, Mrs. Perkins is survived by four children,
Carl Stanley (Connie) Perkins, Deborah Joyce (Bart) Swift, Steven
Allen (Donna) Perkins, and Gregory Jay (Dawn) Perkins; nine
grandchildren, Shannon Langley, Carla (Scott) Simmons, Lesleigh
Woodward, Suzanne Swift, Chase Perkins, Matthew Watkins, Jonathan
Watkins, Cody Watkins, and Jay Perkins; and four great-grandchildren,
Hayden Hurbis, Peyton Hurbis, Carlee Langley, and Kate Langley.

Visitation will be held on Wednesday, November 16, from 5 until 7
p.m. at George A. Smith & Sons North Chapel, 2812 North Highland,
Jackson, Tennessee. The funeral service will be held on Thursday,
November 17, at 11 a.m. at George A. Smith & Sons North Chapel, with
entombment immediately following at Ridgecrest Cemetery.

The family respectfully requests that donations in memory of Mrs.
Perkins be made to the Carl Perkins Center for the Prevention of
Child Abuse:
P. O. Box 447, Jackson, TN 38302 or online at
www.carlperkinscenter.org.

[Bermuda999]

Wasn't she in fact his "widow", rather than his "former wife" (and the
connotations embedded therein)?

[Bill Schenley]

> Wasn't she in fact his "widow", rather than his
> "former wife" (and the connotations embedded
> therein)?

Yeah, she was his widow. They were married from 1953 until his death
in 1998.