NOTE alternate spellings: Kathrine, Katherine
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MRS. BENNETT H. PERRY SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
Wife of North Carolina State Bar President Dies at Baltimore
Henderson Dec 19 — Mrs. Katherine Parker Perry, wife of Bennett H. Perry, Henderson attorney and president of the North Carolina State Bar, died Tuesday morning in Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Md. following an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church at Henderson by the Rev. Ray Holder, rector. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Bennett Perry Jr., student at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Cheshire Webb of Hillsboro and Mrs. Frank P. Graham of Chapel Hill; and three brothers, Brent S. Drane of Washington D. C., Dr. Robert Drane of Savannah, Ga. and the Rev. Fred Drane of Monroe.
Mrs. Perry was a daughter of the late Dr. Robert Brent Drane and Mrs. Maria Skinner Drane. Her father was for over 50 years rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church at Edenton. She was a graduate of St. Mary's School at Raleigh and was co-author of a recent history of the St Mary's School. Mrs. Perry was head of the Young Peoples' Service League of the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church and was president of the Altar Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary of the church. She was home service chairman of the Vance County Red Cross at the time of her death, a member of the Henderson Garden Club, the Alma Club and the Colonial Dames.
• Source: The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 20 Dec 1945, Thu Page 10
• Contributor: Bob Sparanese (49011767)
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MRS. BENNETT H. PERRY SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
Wife of North Carolina State Bar President Dies at Baltimore
Henderson Dec 19 — Mrs. Katherine Parker Perry, wife of Bennett H. Perry, Henderson attorney and president of the North Carolina State Bar, died Tuesday morning in Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Md. following an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church at Henderson by the Rev. Ray Holder, rector. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Bennett Perry Jr., student at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Cheshire Webb of Hillsboro and Mrs. Frank P. Graham of Chapel Hill; and three brothers, Brent S. Drane of Washington D. C., Dr. Robert Drane of Savannah, Ga. and the Rev. Fred Drane of Monroe.
Mrs. Perry was a daughter of the late Dr. Robert Brent Drane and Mrs. Maria Skinner Drane. Her father was for over 50 years rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church at Edenton. She was a graduate of St. Mary's School at Raleigh and was co-author of a recent history of the St Mary's School. Mrs. Perry was head of the Young Peoples' Service League of the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church and was president of the Altar Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary of the church. She was home service chairman of the Vance County Red Cross at the time of her death, a member of the Henderson Garden Club, the Alma Club and the Colonial Dames.
• Source: The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 20 Dec 1945, Thu Page 10
• Contributor: Bob Sparanese (49011767)
NOTE alternate spellings: Kathrine, Katherine
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MRS. BENNETT H. PERRY SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
Wife of North Carolina State Bar President Dies at Baltimore
Henderson Dec 19 — Mrs. Katherine Parker Perry, wife of Bennett H. Perry, Henderson attorney and president of the North Carolina State Bar, died Tuesday morning in Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Md. following an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church at Henderson by the Rev. Ray Holder, rector. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Bennett Perry Jr., student at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Cheshire Webb of Hillsboro and Mrs. Frank P. Graham of Chapel Hill; and three brothers, Brent S. Drane of Washington D. C., Dr. Robert Drane of Savannah, Ga. and the Rev. Fred Drane of Monroe.
Mrs. Perry was a daughter of the late Dr. Robert Brent Drane and Mrs. Maria Skinner Drane. Her father was for over 50 years rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church at Edenton. She was a graduate of St. Mary's School at Raleigh and was co-author of a recent history of the St Mary's School. Mrs. Perry was head of the Young Peoples' Service League of the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church and was president of the Altar Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary of the church. She was home service chairman of the Vance County Red Cross at the time of her death, a member of the Henderson Garden Club, the Alma Club and the Colonial Dames.
• Source: The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 20 Dec 1945, Thu Page 10
• Contributor: Bob Sparanese (49011767)
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MRS. BENNETT H. PERRY SUCCUMBS TO ILLNESS
Wife of North Carolina State Bar President Dies at Baltimore
Henderson Dec 19 — Mrs. Katherine Parker Perry, wife of Bennett H. Perry, Henderson attorney and president of the North Carolina State Bar, died Tuesday morning in Johns Hopkins Hospital at Baltimore, Md. following an illness of several months.
Funeral services will be conducted Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock from the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church at Henderson by the Rev. Ray Holder, rector. Interment will be in Elmwood Cemetery.
Surviving are her husband; one son, Bennett Perry Jr., student at Episcopal High School, Alexandria, Va.; two sisters, Mrs. Cheshire Webb of Hillsboro and Mrs. Frank P. Graham of Chapel Hill; and three brothers, Brent S. Drane of Washington D. C., Dr. Robert Drane of Savannah, Ga. and the Rev. Fred Drane of Monroe.
Mrs. Perry was a daughter of the late Dr. Robert Brent Drane and Mrs. Maria Skinner Drane. Her father was for over 50 years rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church at Edenton. She was a graduate of St. Mary's School at Raleigh and was co-author of a recent history of the St Mary's School. Mrs. Perry was head of the Young Peoples' Service League of the Holy Innocents Episcopal Church and was president of the Altar Guild and the Woman's Auxiliary of the church. She was home service chairman of the Vance County Red Cross at the time of her death, a member of the Henderson Garden Club, the Alma Club and the Colonial Dames.
• Source: The News and Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina) 20 Dec 1945, Thu Page 10
• Contributor: Bob Sparanese (49011767)
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