Ruth Perkins
Posted: March 18, 2010
Ruth Clemmons Perkins, age 87, of Stone Mountain, Georgia went home to be with The Lord on March 16, 2010. She was born in Lowndes County Mississippi on December 10, 1922. She graduated from Caledonia High School in 1940. She was employed as an inspector at Seminole Mfg. Co. for thirty years and was co-owner and operator, with her husband Von Clemmons before his death, of Clemmons Mobile Home Park on Lehmberg Road for fifteen years before moving to Georgia in 1986. She was preceded in death, in Georgia, by her husband A.A. Perkins and her children David Clemmons and Sylvia Porter and step son Breamon Clemmons. Ms. Perkins is survived by her grandchildren, Jeffrey Porter and Dusten Porter, both of Conyers, GA., Connie Stacy and Chris Clemmons of Pascagoula, MS, Casey Hanna of Cabot, AR; step daughter, Judy Daniels of GA; eight great grandchildren, Aaron, Jessica, Chase and Ashley Porter all of Conyers, GA, Hattie Hanna of Cabot, AR, Anthony, Nijereya and Tiana of Pascagoula, MS five step grandchildren, Ginger Wilson of Columbia, MS, Cindi Selzer of Indianapolis, IN, Sheri Denson and Michael Daniels of GA and Russell Daniels of Houston, TX; ten step great grandchildren, Saxon, Salem, Sidney, and Steely Wilson of Columbus, MS, Hannah, Haley, and John Carter Denson of Duluth, GA, Jonathan and Andrew Daniels of TX, and Samuel Selzer of Indianapolis, IN. Ms. Perkins was a member of Volunteers of Emory Eastside Hospital since 1992 and at Lilburn Cooperative Ministry since its beginning in 1988. She was a lifelong member of The Nazarene Church in Columbus, MS, and Harvest Community in Lilburn, GA. Celebration of Life Service will be held Thursday, March 18 at 7:00 PM at Tom M. Wages Snellville Chapel. Graveside service will be held in Columbus, MS at Memorial Gardens on Saturday, March 20 at 2:00PM. The family will receive friends Thursday from 5:00 PM until service time, at the funeral home. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the Make AWish, 1230 Johnson Ferry Rd, Ste E-40, Marietta, GA 30068, in memory of Ruth Clemmons Perkins. Condolences may be sent or viewed at www.wagesfuneralhome.com. Tom M. Wages Funeral Service, LLC, Snellville Chapel, 770-979-3200