SAM R. PERRY


FRANKLINTON - Sam R. Perry, 61, died Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 at Granville Medical Center. Memorial services were conducted Sunday, Feb. 22, at Gentry-Newell and Vaughan Funeral Chapel in Oxford by the Rev. Donald W. Ward.

A native of Granville County, he was a U.S. Army veteran of the Vietnam War, a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Surgical Assistant Program, and an employee with Dr. David Noel and Triangle Orthopedic Associates, P.A.

Surviving: wife, Marcia Gaye Perry; son, Jeremy Gray Perry of Raleigh; brother, Kenneth Perry of Virginia Beach, Va.; sister, Joan Bass of Franklinton.

He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, and a son, Marcus Kyle Perry.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Sam Perry Scholarship Fund, Granville Medical Center, 1010 College St., Oxford, N.C. 27565 or to the N.C. Eye Bank, 3900 Westpoint Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27103.