Services for Paula Sue Gipson Perkins, 61, of Alba, will be held on Thursday, January 19, at 2:00 p.m., at Amazing Grace Fellowship Church, with Bro. Byron George and Laci Caviness officiating.
Interment will follow in Pilgrim Rest #2 Cemetery in Golden. Serving as pallbearers will be John Jones, Dustin Corley, Corby Mosley, Codi Warner, Chance Alberswerth and Roger Gaby. Honorary pallbearers will be Michael Hill, David Hill and Bryant Childers.
Mrs. Perkins died on January 16, 2023, at her residence in Alba. She was born on February 5, 1961, in Grand Saline, to John Wesley and Margie Ruth Hill Gipson. She lived all her life in the Alba-Golden area and was a member of Amazing Grace Fellowship Church. She married Edward Douglas Perkins on July 3, 1986, in Alba. She loved and cared for her family, especially her grandchildren, and was always helping others. She was a business woman and entrepreneur and along with her husband, owned and operated a mechanic shop. She also owned and operated a tanning salon.
Mrs. Perkins is survived by her husband of 36 years; sons, Dustin Perkins and Reese Perkins and wife Jessica, all of Alba; brother, Steve Gipson and wife Brenda of Grand Saline; sister, Lisa Jones of Alba; eight grandchildren, Halle Perkins, Kent Perkins, Kylar Perkins, Remi Perkins, Jayci Perkins, Trenton Perkins, Elijah Perkins and Delilah Perkins; and numerous other relatives and friends.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and a baby brother.
Services are under the direction of Wilson-Bartley Funeral Home, Alba.