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Alex "Elek" Perry and Mary Elizabeth (Cobb) Perry |
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Alex "Elek" Perry and Mary Elizabeth (Cobb) Perry |
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was born at the time of the legendary 1894 "Big Snow in May," at Crane Nest, KY (Knox County). He and Mary lived in various places at Tedders, KY (farming) and for a few years in the 1920s at Oolitic, IN, where Alex worked in the limestone quarry (he later often went there to work for a few months each year, even when he was rather old). They lived for a while at Gray, KY (also in Knox County, KY), during the latter part of the 1920s. They then lived for several years on a farm they owned at Gibbs/Mt. Ararat, Knox County), KY, but moved to Gray, KY, again during the mid-1940s, apparently to be closer to medical care for Mary. Following a wild youth during which he drank heavily and made moonshine, Alex got saved in the Pentecostal Church. Both he and Mary were devoted to serving God during the rest of their days, and their lives revolved around going to church services wherever Pentecostals were meeting. Mary was a registered midwife who delivered many of the babies in the Gibbs/Mt. Ararat area. She died at home, in Gray, KY, on May 9, 1950, and was buried at the Farris Cemetery at Gray. Alex married again--to an equally devoted Holiness woman, Myrtle (b: 16 Jun 1902/ d: 04 Feb 1986, buried at Cumberland Memorial Gardens, Lily, KY). Staying with his son, Chet, in Portage, IN, during his last years, Alex died in a hospital, in Hobart, IN, 22 Jan 1989, and was buried beside his first wife, Mary, at the Farris Cemetery. It would be hard to find another funeral that drew such a large crowd from so far and wide, or an oration by a preacher (who descibed himself in the memorable sermon as Alex's "buddy") so vividly recounting the devoted life of a man of God. |
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Left-to-Right/Front Row: Alex, Mary, Lee Roy Back Row: Sarah, Robert, Tollie, Chet, Gib, Noel |
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~Alex's & Mary's Grandchildren~ |
 One or more of the once-kids (born in the 1920s & 1930s) listed on this page are shown in a 1942-43 Tedders School Group Photo (Tedders, Knox Co, KY) Go see! CLICK HERE To return to here, use a link provided there, or just use your browser's "BACK" button. |
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The family lived at Lily, Laurel Co, KY. "H" was a farmer. He and his brother, Gilbert "Gibb" Cobb, jointly ran the farm (part of which eventually was taken to build Interstate 75), and lived in houses with adjoining yards. Sarah and "H" had no children of their own, but they adopted her niece, Veda Alison Perry (b: 16 May 1948, Delroy Hospital, Detroit, MI), who was Gibb Perry's baby (Sarah's brother's baby). Veda's name was then changed to Veda Alison Cobb. Veda never made contact with her biological mother or her mother's family. She earned her Ph.D. in Philosophy, at Boston College. In 1979, at Bethel Baptist Church in Lily, KY, she married Richard M. Stevens (a Professor of Philosophy at Boston College), and adopted the name for herself of Veda Alison Cobb-Stevens. She became a Professor of Philosophy at the University of Lowell, Lowell, MA. She died of cancer on 13 Dec 1989. |
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have generously been provided to us by Robert's and Bertha's daughter,  Mazie (Perry) Sparks THANKS, CUZ MAZIE, FOR SHARING! |
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was provided to us by their son,  Glenn Earl Perry who is also providing us with lots of interesting family history and trivia about both the Cobb side AND the Sasser side, all of which you will find scattered throughout this website. Thanks for sharing, Cuz Glenn! Additionally, we are very proud to tell you that Glenn has been a Professor of Political Science, at Indiana State University, in Terre Haute, IN, since 1970. Glenn is a Cobb AND a Sasser descendant, so we feel that his educational achievements serve as an accolate that we all can claim..."by association!" |
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(in front at the table) Tollie Perry & Aunties in the center is Cory (Perry) Foley on the right is Lizzie (Perry) Johnson Cory and Lizzie are sisters of Alex Perry (Tollie's father). Cory, Lizzie and Alex are children of Tom &Lucety(Tuttle) Perry |
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Beechel In back are his siblings Tollie, Sarah, Robert |
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Chet &Glossie(Smith) Perry
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Gib &Pauline(Steel-Middleton) Perry
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on the left is Gibb Perry ~as a young man~ on Gibb's right is his 1st cousin, Dave Cobb son of Tollie &Mary(Williams) Cobb & gs/o Abe &Sally(Moore) Cobb Gibb's mom & Dave's dad are siblings. |
Gibb Perry ~as an older young man~ |
Veda & her father Gibb. |
Gibb Perry Gibb married Marjorie Mills when he was in the military. They divorced following the birth of their daughter Veda, who was then adopted by Gibb's brother-in-law and sister, "H" &Sarah(Perry) Cobb. Scroll back up to Sarah's branch to find details about Veda's life. This photo and that of Gib & Veda were provided to us by the granddaughter of Gibb's brother Robert, Candy (Walters) Koehling. |
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this "Noel/Dexter" branch were provided through Glenn Perry by Eddie Eugene Perry THANKS, CUZ EDDIE, FOR SHARING! |
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-a Reunion snapshot- Back row, left-to-right: Lee Roy, Noel, Tollie, Woodrow Front row, left-to-right: Gib, Cory, Chet All but Woodrow and Cory are Alex's & Mary's kids. Japp Perry and Cory (Perry) Foley are Alex's siblings and are the children of Tom &Lucety(Tuttle) Perry |
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