OBITUARY

Name:   Amy Frances (Garrison) Perkey Stroud

From:  The Villager Journal, Cherokee Village, Arkansas
Date:  December 9, 2004

Amy F. Stroud, 91, of Mount Pleasant died Dec. 1, 2004, at White River Medical Center in Batesville.

Born July 8, 1913, at Cushman, she was the daughter of Clarence Warden and Minnie Francis Satterwhite Garrison. She was a retired licensed practical nurse, having worked in Pittsburgh, Kan., and was a member of Providence Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant.

Survivors include two stepsons: Lowell Stroud of Batesville, and Boyce Stroud of Sandtown; a step-daughter, Cowene McDaniel of Sidney; a brother, Hardy Garrison of Mount Pleasant; six step-grandchildren; four nieces: Ruby Barber of Newark, Connie Stokes of Burlington, Texas, Emma Jean Fudge of Searcy, and Marie Turner of St. Louis, Mo.; and three nephews; Ronnie Garrison of Burlington, Jerry Garrison of Dallas, and C.W. Perkey of Cave City.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; Claude Perkey and A.R. Stroud; a son, Glenden Perkey; a daughter, Grace Ella Perkey; and two sisters; Liddy Garrison Pectol and Loretta Garrison.

The funeral was Dec. 4 at Providence Landmark Missionary Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant with Jesse McDaniel and Charles McDaniel officiating.  Burial followed in Pleasant Valley Cemetery located 10 miles west of Cave City.  Arrangements were under the direction of Qualls Batesville Funeral Service.