NAME: VETER LEE PERKINS, AGE 74, LONGTIME COALGATE AREA RESIDENT

BORN: OCTOBER 18, 1928 AT TUPELO, OKLAHOMA TO FRANK AND AGNES (COCHRAN) RICHARDSON. PASSED AWAY: TUESDAY , MARCH 4, 2003 AT THE BAPTIST HOSPITAL IN OKLAHOMA CITY. AGE: 74 YEARS 4 MONTHS AND 26 DAYS.

EDUCATION: RURAL COAL COUNTY SCHOOLS AND BOOKER T WASHINGTON IN COALGATE, OK.

OCCUPATION: VETER WORKED AS A HOME PROVIDER AND NURSE'S AID AND WORKED MANY YEARS AS A HOME DOMESTIC WORKER.

MARRIED: KENNETH PERKINS IN 1946 AT COALGATE, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: LONGTIME MEMBER OF THE COALGATE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

SURVIVED BY

DAUGHTERS: ROBBIE JONES OF OKLAHOMA CITY. VIOLA BOULWARE OF PLANO, TX. ROSE VINSON AND HUSBAND LLOYD OF MIDWEST CITY, OK. GRACE RICHARDSON OF COALGATE, OK.

SON: FRANK RICHARDSON OF COALGATE, OK.

10 GRANDCHILDREN, INCLUDING, CHRIS BOULWARE AND DAMON RICHARDSON. 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.

SPECIAL NIECE: BERNICE GRAHAM OF LAWTON, OK.

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

PARENTS: FRANK AND AGNUS RICHARDSON. SISTERS: ALMETER CLAY AND ELIZABETH SPRINGER. BROTHERS: CLEVELAND AND WALTER RICHARDSON.

DATE OF SERVICES: SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2003 AT 1:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH ~ COALGATE, OK.

INTERMENT: COALGATE CITY CEMETERY ~ COALGATE, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. NAMON MELVIN SR.

CASKETBEARERS: RODNEY JOHNSON, LLOYD VINSON, RANDY CAIRGLE, GREGORY JACKSON, BRIAN VINSON, MICHAEL WASHINGTON.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: CHRIS BOULWARE, STEPHEN BOULWARE, DAMON RICHARDSON, DONNELL RICHARDSON, STERLIN RICHARDSON, LEE KESSEE.