ST. MATTHEWS, S.C. – Verlene Evelyn Chandler Perkins, 63, of 3868 Old State Road, passed away Saturday morning, Jan. 19, 2008, at Palmetto Health Baptist Hospital, Columbia, S.C. Mrs. Perkins was born in Jonesport, a daughter of Mrs. Juanita Kelley Chandler and the late Clifford L. Chandler. She was a graduate of Jonesport High School. She was a retired billing specialist from the South Carolina Department of Corrections. Mrs. Perkins was a member of Faith Baptist Church, where she was a choir member and former Sunday school teacher. She was the wife of the late Robert F. Perkins; and was predeceased by a brother-in-law, Jack Backman. Survivors include two sons, David Foss and Lynne Hammond, and Steven Foss of Madison; two daughters, Jennifer Hall and John of Swansea, S.C., and Michelle Stackhouse and Kelly of Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; her mother of Belfast; brother, Clifford Chandler Jr. and Madelyn of Skowhegan; five sisters, Lorena Rogers and Ronald of Moore, Okla., Arleta Grant and Lee of Addison, Phoebe French and Gerald of Searsport, Shirley Beal and Robert of Beals and Susan Champagne and Ed of Rossville, Tenn; 11 grandchildren, Nicholas, Bryan and Skylar Foss, Nicholas, Timmy, Callie and Grant Hall, Jared, Alena, Ellie and Gabe Stackhouse; great-grand-daughter, Kylee Ann Foss; many nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be held 1 p.m. Monday, Jan. 21, at Prospect Southern Methodist Church, Jamison, S.C. Burial will be at the church cemetery. The family will receive friends 4-6 p.m. Sunday at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home, Orangeburg, S.C. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation www.pulmonaryfibrosis.org.
VERLENE C. PERKINS
