Donald Lawrence Perkins Sr. Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

DONALD LAWRENCE PERKINS, SR. WAS BORN ON JANUARY 6, 1936 IN EAST CHICAGO, INDIANA TO THE LATE SILAS PERKINS AND ERADEL BAILEY MORRIS. DONALD GRADUATED FROM East Chicago WASHINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (SENATOR) IN 1953. AFTER GRADUATION DONALD WENT TO SERVE IN UNITED STATES AIR FORCE 1953-1957. HE ALSO SERVED IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY AS A PARATROOPER, 1959-1964. DONALD RETIRED IN 2000, FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. HE WAS A DEDICATED HARD WORKER. DONALD WAS UNITED IN MARRIAGE TO JOYCE BARNES IN 1961 FOR 54 YEARS. TO THAT UNION TWO SONS WERE BORN, DONALD LAWRENCE PERKINS, JR. AND DARRYL LAWTON PERKINS. DONALD WAS A LOVING AND DEVOTED HUSBAND TO HIS WIFE, AND A DEDICATED, LOVING AND ACTIVE FATHER TO HIS SONS. HE WAS AN ACTIVE CUB SCOUT LEADER WITH HIS SONS AS WELL. DONALD WAS PRECEEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE, JOYCE (BARNES) PERKINS; MOTHER, ERADEL (BAILEY) MORRIS; FATHER, SILAS PERKINS; SON, DARRLY LAWTON PERKINS; FOUR BROTHERS, VERNON R. MORRIS, CLIFFORD MORRIS, ROBERT MORRIS, JR. AND ARTHUR HARRIS SR. DONALD EXCHANGED TIME FOR ETERNITY ON SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 2020. HE LEAVES TO CHERISE HIS MEMORY ONE SON, DONALD LAWRENCE PERKINS, (DIEDRA), LOCUST GROVE, GA; ONE SISTER, CHARLOTTE MORRIS BROWN, LOCUST GROVE, GA, ONE BROTHER MATHEW PERKINS, (BARBARA) OF HAMMOND, INDIANA. HOST OF NIECES, NEPHEWS & EXTENDED FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

Donald Lawrence Perkins Sr.

January 6, 1936 - January 25, 2020