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Mickie Davis Perkins

12 Jul 1928 – 8 Dec 2019

Birth	12 Jul 1928
Death	8 Dec 2019
Cemetery	Beauregard Cemetery DeRidder , Beauregard Parish , Louisiana , USA
Added by	BEAR on 11 Dec 2019
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205370335

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Home going services for Mrs. Mickie D. Perkins will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 13, 2019, at First United Pentecostal Church of Leesville, with Reverends Arthur Richmond Jr., Mark Christian and Keary Jordan officiating. Interment will follow in Beauregard Cemetery, DeRidder, under the direction of Rush Funeral Home, Oakdale. Mickie Perkins, age 91, born in Vernon Parish in 1928, was a wonderful mother and grandmother with a funny and dynamic personality that brought smiles and laughter to her many friends and loved ones. She grew up in the post-depression era and lived in the Cravens community and in Fort Polk’s Rifle Range area as her father and older brother worked on a WPA project. Mickie graduated from Pitkin High School and married Sherril Willis also of Cravens. The two had a total of twelve children of which two died in infancy. Her husband died in a job-related accident, and Mickie was a young widow with ten children. Mickie lived in the Vernon Parish area for the majority of her life and devoted her support to her children, who became the pride of her life. Mickie was proud of her children’s accomplishments which included veterans of the U.S. Marines Corp. and U.S. Army, a minister of the gospel of Christ, a minister’s wife, an IT specialist, a school principal, schoolteachers, a school administrative secretary, and a former Boise Cascade employee. It was no doubt that Mickie’s strong work ethics and faithful belief in God influenced her children’s accomplishments in life. Mickie loved her children and loved God. She was a member of the First United Pentecostal Church of Leesville and greatly enjoyed gospel music. She was a resident of the Woodlands Healthcare Center, where she became a favorite among the nursing staff. She served as an advocate for her fellow residents, worked in the center’s store, and was a bingo champion in her own right. Mickie loved reading, puzzle books, and most of all, her daily supply of coffee. She visited every hall and rewarded her greeters with her contagious little grin and her quick responsive “yeah” to all. Mickie’s positive view of life brightened the day of many and will be greatly missed by her friends and loved ones. She taught all of us the great lesson that life is too short to not be happy every day! She was preceded in death by her husband, S.M. Willis, Sr.; her parents, Chester and Nancy James Davis; two children, Otis Lamar Willis and Baby Willis; brothers, Arthur Davis and Howard Davis; sisters, Velma LaRue, Thelma Wingate and Betty Avery; five grandchildren, Carson Willis, Crystal Fletcher, Buster Cryer, Shelbie Brown and Kelton Smith. Those left to mourn her loss and cherish her memory include her ten children, S.M. Willis, Jr. and his wife, Karen, of Albuquerque, N.M., Donnie Willis and his wife, Nancy, of Caldwell, TX, Bonnie Maines and her husband, Kenny, of Jasper, TX, Sharon Cryer of Otis, Patty Midkiff and her husband, Roger, of Leesville, Ronnie Willis, of Lafayette, Cindy Teasley and her husband, James, of Leesville, LeAnn Richmond and her husband, Arthur, Jr., of Burkeville, TX, Cheryl Fletcher and her husband, Robin, of Leesville, Mackey Willis and his wife, Gale of DeRidder,; twenty eight grandchildren; sixty great-grandchildren and eleven great-great grandchildren. Those honored to serves as pallbearers are her grandsons; Steve Willis, Ross Willis, Donnie Willis Jr., Danny Willis, Arthur Richmond, III, Danny Richmond. Honorary pallbearers are; Joshua Richmond, David Willis, Lee Smith, Buster Cryer, Scooter Midkiff, Adam Willis, Corey Willis, T. J. Willis Friends may call at First United Pentecostal Church of Leesville on Thursday, December 12, 2019, from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Visitation will resume on Friday, December 13, 2019, at 8:00 a.m. until time of service. Friends may post online messages of condolence for the Perkins family by visiting www.rushfh.com

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