WILLIE MACK PERRYMAN

VISITATION- 12:00 PM TIL TIME FOR SERVICE SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 AT ST. MARK METHODIST CHURCH; FUNERAL- 2:00 PM SUNDAY, JANUARY 2, 2011 AT ST. MARK METHODIST CHURCH; INTERMENT- CHURCH CEMETERY OFFICIATING-REV. BENNIE POLLOCK WILLIE MACK PERRYMAN WAS BORN ON FEBRUARY 23, 1933 IN THE STALLO COMMUNITY, JUST NORTH OF PHILADELPHIA, MS. HE WAS THE ELDEST OF FIVE CHILDREN BORN TO CURTIS EUGENE PERRYMAN AND LOUISE LOLETA RUSH. HE WAS NAMED AFTER HIS TWO GRANDFATHERS, WILLIE ELIJAH PERRYMAN AND MATTHEW LAWRENCE "MACK" DAVENPORT. WILLIE MACK ATTENDED LOCAL PHILADELPHIIA-AREA SCHOOLS WHILE ALSO WORKING ON THE FAMILY FARM. HE GRADUATED FROM HOPEWELL HIGH SCHOOL. HE ATTENDED TOUGALOO COLLEGE IN TOUGALOO, MS WHERE HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE UMCA AND THE KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY. UPON HIS GRADUATION FROM TOUGALOO, WILLIE MACK SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY. AFTER HE WAS DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY, WILLIE MACK PURSUED A FULL-TIME CAREER IN FARMING. WILLIE MACK ENJOYED HUNTING, FISHING AND SPENDING TIME WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS. HE WAS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS GENTLE SPIRIT, HIS SENSE OF HUMOR AND KINDNESS TOWARD OTHERS. ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 28, 2010 WILLIE MACK AT THE AGE OF 77 MADE THE TRANSITION TO THE OTHER SIDE WHILE SLEEPING PEACEFULLY AT THE CHOCTAW RESIDENTIAL CENTER. WILLIE MACK IS SURVIVED BY A BROTHER JIMMIE PERRYMAN OF LA CROSSE, WISCONSIN, A SISTER, DIXIE WHEATON OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA AND A SISTER-IN-LAW, ALICE PERRYMAN OF PHILADELPHIA, MISSISSIPPI. HIS PARENTS AND TWO BROTHERS PRECEDED IN IN DEATH. ALSO LEFT TO MOURN HIM ARE HIS AUNT, GRACE ROBERTS OF LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI; HIS AUNT, VERNA JOHNSON OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI AND HIS UNCLE LAFAYETTE (MOLLIE KATE) PERRYMAN OF MAYWOOD, ILLINOIS. HE'S ALSO SURVIVED BY HIS NIECES AND NEPHEWS (AND THEIR RESPECTIVE SPOUSES): SUSAN C. (JEFF) KRANAU, ROBERT P. WHEATON, JAMES D. (ANGELA) WHEATON, PATRICIA F. (CHRISTOPHER) KRUSE, O. ANDREW (DIEEMA) WHEATON, STACIE D. COLLINS, JEANETTE L. PERRYMAN, WALTER F. PERRYMAN AND ASHLEY R. PERRYMAN. HIS SURVIVING GRANDNIECES AND GRANDNEPHEWS ARE ASHLEY KRANAU, NOAH WHEATON, SIRUS WHEATON, SARAH WHEATON, GRACE WHEATON AND AARON WHEATON. ADDITIONAL SURVIVORS INCLUDE NUMEROUS COUSINS, FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES AND OTHER RELATIVES.

WILLIE MACK PERRYMAN

February 23, 1933 - December 28, 2010