When I heard the news Saturday I was rushing around with grandbabies... it stopped me in my tracks but it hadnt quite sunk in. This morning it hit me pretty hard. The realization that I lost a great, great friend. He was as loyal as they come! Stood by me when a friend was hard to come by. I didn’t get to see him as often as I’d like to have the last few years but here and there Id stop by and say hi or see him at Oak Cove. He greeted me always with that contagious smile with a little bit of a giggle in his voice. I'd hug his neck and kiss his cheek and he would always blush. Hahaha! We used to sit and drink coffee for hours and talk about our kids... life... laughing and sometimes a tear or two. He’d just hug me and say: “it’s going to be OK girl! Don’t you worry about nothing. Things always work out the way they’re supposed to. Enjoy your life, enjoy your family and old friends” He loved to tell the story about how he stood me up one time when he had invited me to go watch Bobby play. He laughed until his ribs hurt when he would remember me walking in Oak Cove, stomping my boots and pointing my finger ay him saying: Junior Perry! You're in TROUBLE!! YOU STOOD ME UP!! He would tell that story to anybody who would listen. I really love him, I always will! I will think of him often with very fond memories. I REALLY am missing him. The world was a better place with Junior Perry in it! He leaves a huge void in the hearts of anyone who knew him. He was a hard-working, honest, well dressed, people loving, friendly man that adored his family more than life. There wasn’t a single thing that he wouldn’t do or give for them or people he cared about. I MISS YOU OLD FRIEND! My boys and husband will miss you too! Prays for this sweet family!
