Visitation for Pastor Jesse L. Perkins will be held at Basham Funeral Care (3312 Niles St.) on Monday, January 12, 2004, from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. and funeral services will be held at the First Pentecostal Church (1418 W. Columbus St.) on Tuesday, January 13, 2004, at 10:00 a.m. Interment will follow at Hillcrest Memorial Park. Pastor Timothy Perkins will officiate.
Pastor Perkins was born October 12, 1035, in Ringling, Oklahoma and he went home to be with the Lord on January 8, 2004, in Bakersfield, California. Pastor Perkins is survived by his wife of r9 years, Nita Perkins; son and daughter-in-=law, Pastor Timothy and Delcie Perkins; daughter and son-in-law, Gayla and Ron Smith; daughter and son-in-law, Darla and Mark King; 7 randchildren; 5
great grandchildren; brother and sister-in-law, Robert and Margie Perkins; sisters and brothers-in-law, Marie and Kenneth Mayes, Katherine and Parris Byerly and Sally and Danny Hutchinson; sister, Dion Morgan and numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives and many, many friends.
Jess my love was one of a kind husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and pastor. He was loved by all who knew him and you would understand why
if you had ever met him. He will be greatly missed by all he touched. He touched so many lives in his ministry and truly had the heart of a pastor. On August 6 of this year we would have celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary and we were planning to cruise to Alaska, but God had other plans for a cruise to heaven. I will love you and miss you and please wait at the eastern gate until I arrive.
