LEWISTON-WOODVILLE – Thomas Evans Perry, age 78, died Thursday, January 30, 2014 at his home.

Mr. Perry was born in Bertie County on June 30, 1935, a son of the late Jim and Blonnie Evans Perry.  Tommy was a member of Republican Baptist Church and the Davie Masonic Lodge #39, AF & AM, and served as Boy Scout Leader for many years in the Lewiston Woodville community.  He was a retired farmer and also retired from the NC Department of Agriculture Research Lab, having a peanut named after him for his work there, The Perry Peanut.

Left to cherish his memory is his wife, Barbara Morris Perry; a daughter, Carolyn Perry Fornes and husband, Tony, of Aulander; two sons, Gary Thomas Perry and wife, Mary, of Georgia, and Richard Allen Perry of Ahoskie; and his granddaughters, Megan L. Fornes and fiance’ Craig of Lewiston-Woodville, and Brooke Elise Mitzke of Florida.  Besides his parents, Tommy was predeceased by several siblings.

The family will receive friends at the home.

A celebration of life service was conducted on Sunday, February 2, 2014 in the chapel of Garrett-Sykes Funeral Service of Ahoskie. Burial followed in Hoggard Memorial Cemetery, Lewiston-Woodville.  Flowers are welcome, or memorial donations may be made to Parkinson Association of the Carolinas, 5970 Fairview Road, Suite 217, Charlotte, NC, 28277.

Family and friends may send condolences and sign the online guestbook by visiting www.garrettsykesfs.com.