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     Mary E. Perry was born circa 1849 at Augusta Co., VA.¹ She was the daughter of John M. Perry and Martha Jane Riddle.¹

     Mary Lavina Perry was born on 26 July 1841 at Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY. She was the daughter of Jonathan Lucius Monroe Perry and Caroline Melissa Lewis. Mary Lavina Perry married Samuel Judson Brumbach, son of Joseph Brumbach and Mary Parr, on 4 March 1866 at Pavilion, Genesee Co., NY. Mary Lavina Perry died on 20 April 1926 at Odell, Livingston Co., IL, at age 84.

     McClellan J. Perry was born in 1862. He married Rachel Emily Saum, daughter of John Jefferson Saum and Sarah Armstrong, circa 1895. McClellan J. Perry died in 1941.

     Norma Jean Perry was born on 27 October 1945 at Quanah, Hardeman Co., TX. She was the daughter of Audie Joe Perry Sr. and Myrtle Mae Holcomb. Norma Jean Perry married Calvin Lee Munsinger, son of Raymon Leroy Munsinger and Reba Lee Tenney, on 2 January 1973 at Smith Co., TX. Norma Jean Perry died on 24 November 2002 at age 57 Obituary (Findagrave.com):

She was a member of Bius D' Arc Baptist.

She worked as a nurse at Palestine Healthcare Center for 32 years before becoming ill.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and three brother, James Perry, Horton Perry and Bruce Perry.

She is survived by daughters, Melinda Munsinger and Melanie Hamby; brothers, A. J. Perry Jr., Dean Perry and Bill Perry; sisters Madge Woods, Mickey Dean and Marsha Curry and three grandchildren.

She was buried in November 2002 at Liberty Cemetery, Bradford, Anderson Co., TX, Findagrave #23458323.

     Owen Perry married Margaret Major.¹

     Owen H. Perry was born on 14 April 1865.¹ He was the son of Rev. Samuel O. Perry and Caroline Bush.¹ Owen H. Perry died on 14 May 1888 at age 23 Disappeared.¹

     Owen Mayor Perry was born circa 1907 at New Jersey.¹ He was the son of William M. Perry and Virginia Davis.¹

     Pauline Perry was born on 8 July 1890 at Topeka, Shawnee Co., KS.¹ She was the daughter of Clarence Emmett Perry and Fannie Fern Larimore. Pauline Perry married William W. Shanor, son of W. P. Shanor and Anna K. Heckel, on 2 September 1914 at Delaware Co., OH. Pauline Perry died on 29 November 1988 at Girard, Erie Co., PA, at age 98. She was buried in December 1988 at Laurel Creek Cemetery, Millcreek Twp., Erie Co., PA.

     Pearly Ervin Perry was buried at Drumm Lutheran Church Cemetery, Thornville, Fairfield Co., OH. She was born on 18 July 1882 at Richland Twp., Fairfield Co., OH. She was the daughter of James Perry and Mary Catherine Saum. Pearly Ervin Perry died on 8 April 1886 at Richland Twp., Fairfield Co., OH, at age 3.

     Phinneas Edmund Perry married Hattie Elizabeth Sutton, daughter of Oliver P. Sutton and Catherine Elizabeth Kegerreis, on 16 February 1890.

     Phoebe Perry married George Douglas Adams.

     Ramsey George Perry was born on 26 June 1929 at Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.¹ He was the son of John Warren Perry and Nellie Cordelia Wright. Ramsey George Perry married Joan Frances Jenkins, daughter of Howard Tryon Jenkins and Mary Berniece Talbot, 2 children. Ramsey George Perry died on 11 August 2002 at Montgomery Co., MD, at age 73 per SSDI, last residence Bethesda.

     Raymond Perry was born on 16 September 1876. He was the son of George P. Perry and Sophie Emma Shirk.

     Samantha Faye Perry was born on 18 September 1898 at Richland Twp., Fairfield Co., OH. She was the daughter of James Perry and Mary Catherine Saum. Samantha Faye Perry married Jeremiah Frederick Mathias, son of Abraham Mathias and Mary Jane Polling, on 14 August 1915. Samantha Faye Perry died on 28 March 1973 at Marengo, Morrow Co., OH, at age 74.

     Rev. Samuel O. Perry was born on 10 August 1831 at Montgomery Co., PA.¹ He was the son of Owen Perry and Margaret Major.¹ Rev. Samuel O. Perry married Caroline Bush, daughter of Dr. Andrew Bush and Mary A. Baugh, on 9 September 1863, Ceremony by Rev. John M. Perry (brother of the groom.)¹ Rev. Samuel O. Perry died on 26 January 1919 at age 87.¹

     Sarah Ellen Perry was buried at Drumm Lutheran Church Cemetery, Thornville, Fairfield Co., OH. She was born on 7 February 1885 at Richland Twp., Fairfield Co., OH. She was the daughter of James Perry and Mary Catherine Saum. Sarah Ellen Perry died on 16 November 1886 at Richland Twp., Fairfield Co., OH, at age 1.

     Warren Perry was born on 2 November 1873 at Pennsylvania.¹ He was the son of John M. Perry and Eliza Davis Bush.¹ Warren Perry died on 16 March 1898 at age 24.¹

     Rev. William Perry was born on 8 October 1855.¹ He married Rebecca Ann Warvel, daughter of Jonas Warvel and Elizabeth Horning, No children.¹ Occupation: Minister, Church of the Brethren at Grand Bay, Mobile Co., AL.² Rev. William Perry died on 29 March 1945 at Moss Point, Jackson Co., MS, at age 89. He was buried in April 1945 at Oaklawn Cemetery, North Manchester, Wabash Co., IN, Findagrave #43786991.

     William H. Perry was born on 14 April 1878. He was the son of George P. Perry and Sophie Emma Shirk. William H. Perry married Mary A. Davis on 18 June 1901.

     William M. Perry was born on 28 April 1876 at Pennsylvania.^1,2 He was the son of John M. Perry and Eliza Davis Bush.¹ William M. Perry married Virginia Davis circa 1902.² William M. Perry lived in May 1910 at New Canaan, Fairfield Co., CT, Census District 88, p.10B. He lived in January 1920 at Danville, Pittsylvania Co., VA.²

     Ida Belle Perryman was born on 6 September 1876 at Choska, Wagoner Co., Indian Territory (now OK). She was the daughter of Thomas Ward Perryman and Eva Louella Brown. Ida Belle Perryman married Rev. Edwin Hubert Broyles D.D., son of Andrew Coffee Broyles and Louisa Ann Eliza Hunt, on 18 May 1898 at Choska, Wagner Co., Indian Territory (now OK), two children died in infancy. Ida Belle Perryman died in 1970. She was buried in 1970 at Oaklawn Cemetery, Tulsa, Tulsa Co., OK.

     Thomas Ward Perryman married Eva Louella Brown.

     Timothy Dale Pershica was born on 4 October 1966. He married Karon Denise Leverich, daughter of Reda Belle Rowland. Timothy Dale Pershica was buried in April 1998 at Arlington Memory Gardens, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Co., OK, Findagrave #39008095. He died on 21 April 1998 at Choctaw, Oklahoma Co., OK, at age 31. Cause of death: NEWPAPER ARTICLE

OKLAHOMA CITY (BP)--Shots rang out as parents, grandparents and other relatives were bringing children to Crestwood Baptist Church’s Day Care Center in Oklahoma City on the morning of April 21.
A continuing domestic conflict was brought to an abrupt end as 31-year-old Timothy Pershica allegedly shot his 28-year-old former wife, Karen, then turned the gun on himself. Both were dead at the scene in the church’s gymnasium.
Police detectives said Karen Pershica was delivering her children, Clinton, 5, and Jessica, 3, to the day-care facility when her ex-husband approached her, although she had a victims protective order against him.
He cornered her in the church’s gymnasium, and those in the day-care center said they heard no screaming or yelling until the shots were fired.
Day-care officials said none of the 90 children were injured and none of them witnessed the shooting.
Crestwood pastor Randy Cox said Tuesday afternoon that everything was very, very quiet, and all children had been picked up from the center by 11 a.m.
The day-care facility opened again at 7 a.m. Wednesday.
When a tragedy such as the shooting occurs, questions arise as to why it happened, could it have been prevented and are day-care centers safe for children? Sheri Babb, children’s/preschool ministries specialist for the Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma, said when something like the shooting happens, it’s just like any other disaster. “It was something that could not have been prevented,” she noted. “It was a violent act from an aggressive person.”
Cox said it was most unfortunate that the incident happened at Crestwood, but very fortunate that the gunman didn’t involve his kids.
Cox added the safety of the children at the day-care facility is of primary concern, but nothing different will be done because of this incident.
“We have a good safety system in place already,” Cox explained. “It was not the system that broke down.”
Cox said detectives told him Pershica was going to confront his wife, and he wasn’t going to be stopped.
At Crestwood’s day school, those dropping off children have to ring a bell and identify themselves before gaining admission to the building, Cox said.
“Apparently what happened today is that Pershica watched his wife go in, then when some other parents came to the door, he followed them in.”
The Department of Human Services commended the Crestwood day-care workers for their actions in “doing everything right” during the situation.
Babb said TV reports on the incident made it look like Crestwood didn’t have security in place.
“But most all of the facilities in our churches have a check-in, check-out system, and a packet of information that has to be filled out by parents, such as security cards, information on the children and injury forms,” she noted. She said 115 day-care centers in Oklahoma Baptist churches are members of Church Weekday Education Organization, and there are approximately 135 others not members of the organization.
Babb added day-care centers are secure places where parents can leave their children with qualified teachers.
“We would much rather the parents be with the children,” Babb said, “but there are parents who have desperate needs, and the church needs to be involved in the day-care centers helping the director and teachers meet the needs of all of the families, not just families who are members of the church.
“The weekday centers in our churches provide that Christian day care children wouldn’t get in any other child-care facility.”
Babb noted the incident at Crestwood “may speak louder to us a church people to say we need to make sure we have some kind of evangelistic efforts taking place in those church weekday programs, some way to witness to those parents and see that their needs are being met.”
She explained sometimes what happens in weekday programs is the church will see it as a separate part, almost not a ministry anymore.
“Many times, the church will say, ‘If you can make it on your own money, fine, you can have the day-care center,’” Babb said.
“What we need to do is pull that together again so the churches have the child-care center as a ministry of the church,” she said. “That’s going to be more important everyday as we see the government providing more and more child-care facilities.”
Ironically, Pershica was being ministered to by Oklahoma City’s Portland Avenue Baptist Church, where he had been a member about six months.
“Lately he had been very faithful, coming to Sunday school, both worship services on Sunday and Wednesday night services,” said pastor Walter Mullican. He was in church Sunday night before the Tuesday morning shooting.
Mullican said he and a couple other men in the church spent time with Pershica trying to be there anytime there was a crisis and talking through his divorce.
“There were some indications he had some suicidal tendencies, but not so much that he might take violent action against his wife,” Mullican said.
He said Pershica’s wife, Karen, attended Portland Avenue with the children about a year ago and was considering moving her membership there, but “she dropped out of sight and we found out she was separated.”
“When that happened, he started coming to church,” Mullican observed. “He wouldn’t come when she came and that was part of the problem. At one point she was really searching and he was resistant.”
Mullican said Portland Avenue members have been scratching their heads and asking if they missed something -- if something could have been done to prevent the tragedy.
“I frankly don’t know that anything different could have been done,” he assessed. “Tim was hearing what he needed to hear -- his relationship with God, what he needed to be doing and how it could be helpful -- but the bottom line comes down to whether he accepts it and does it or not.
“We have to understand when Tim made up his mind to do that, outside of one of us chaining ourselves to him and being with him 24 hours a day, I don’t know that we could have prevented this.”
Mullican pointed out there are a lot of hurting people, and some are in the church.
“You just keep presenting them with the truth, keep loving and ministering to them,” he said.
“There was a spiritual battle of cosmic proportions going on with Tim. On the one hand, he was hearing very clearly the truth of God’s Word and what needed to be in his life. At the same time, the enemy was whispering in the other ear, ‘Tim, this is the way you do that.’ We’re talking about spiritual warfare and battle that is going on for the very lives and souls of people.
“Everything in me wants to prevent something like this, but in the end, that person has got to make the decision.”.

     Albert Persinger was born on 1 September 1881 at Republic Co., KS. He was the son of James H. Persinger and Mary Ann Hall. Albert Persinger married Nancy Elizabeth Fish after 11 June 1900 at Republic Co. (probably), KS. Albert Persinger died on 28 December 1954 at Lincoln, Lancaster Co., NE, at age 73.

     Andrew Persinger was born circa 1818 at Virginia.¹ He was the son of Jacob Persinger. Andrew Persinger married Hannah Erwin on 4 April 1833 at Greenbrier Co., Virginia (now WV). Andrew Persinger lived on 2 October 1850 at Greenbrier Co., Virginia (now WV), farming.¹

     Andrew Persinger Jr. was born circa 1848 at Greenbrier Co., Virginia (now WV).¹ He was the son of Andrew Persinger and Hannah Erwin.¹ Andrew Persinger Jr. married Mary Ann Berry on 3 September 1868 at Greenbrier Co., WV. Andrew Persinger Jr. died before April 1910 at Greenbrier Co., WV.

     Andrew Persinger Sr. was born in 1779 at Rich Patch, Alleghany Co., VA. He was the son of John Henry Persinger and Griselda Humphries. Andrew Persinger Sr. married Martha Rebecca Terry in 1805. Andrew Persinger Sr. died in 1861 at Alleghany Co., VA.

     Annie Persinger was born on 11 June 1868 at Daviess Co., MO. She was the daughter of James H. Persinger and Mary Ann Hall. Annie Persinger died on 10 March 1925 at Rooks Co., KS, at age 56.

     Betty Jo Persinger was born on 2 January 1945 at Gallia Co., OH.¹ She was the daughter of Joseph Lee Persinger and Dorothy Rachel Wahl.¹ Betty Jo Persinger lived in 1985 at Tucson, Pima Co., AZ. She died on 16 November 1990 at Bexar Co., TX, at age 45.