Benefits Authorizer for the Social Security Administration in downtown Birmingham, Alabama for
almost 25 years, from November 1962 until her retirement in July 1987.
She was preceded in death by her parents, French Lee Meadows and Iona Head Meadows; husband
John Raymond Perkins; daughter Jan Nelson; and daughter Joy Storey.
She is survived by her sisters Lynda Lee Criswell (Jack) and Margaret Dale Moore (Robert); son Jay
Perkins, daughter Jackie Layne (Keith), daughter Jill Mosley (Tom), and son Jeff Perkins;
grandchildren Jennifer, Amy, Emily, Jonathan, Rachel, Patrick, and Stella; and great–grandchildren
Avery, Eli, and Carson.
She loved sacrificially and provided for the physical and spiritual needs of her children. She taught
her children to know and love God and was concerned that they all had a personal relationship with
Him and knew forgiveness and salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Visitation for Jean will be held on Saturday, May 11 at 10:30 A.M. at East Gardendale Baptist Church,
360 Tarrant Road, Gardendale, Alabama 35071, followed by a memorial service at 11:30 A.M. The
service will be officiated by Rev. Mark Barber, pastor of East Gardendale Baptist Church and Rev.
Ralph Springer, pastor of Bible Baptist Church in Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
SHARE OBITUARY
v.1.9.6