Daniel L Perkins

Mr. Perkins was born in Pickering, LA on March 29, 1920, to Louis Daniel Perkins and Laura Elizabeth Walker Perkins.

Mr. Perkins was of the Pentecostal faith and a member of First United Pentecostal Church of Leesville. He was a lifetime resident of Vernon Parish and was famously known as the Candy Man, he loved to make candy and pies. Mr. Perkins was a retired self-employed building contractor. Mr. Perkins also enjoyed woodworking, gardening, fishing and writing poetry. He loved his poodle “Lady". Mr. Perkins loved his family dearly; he will be missed by all.

Mr. Perkins is preceded in death by his parents, Louis Daniel Perkins and Laura Elizabeth Walker Perkins, brothers, Thomas, Robert and Samuel, sister, Mary Ethel Ordway, son-in-law, David Coburn.

Mr. Perkins is survived by his wife Mickie Davis Perkins, daughters, Gloria Gahimer and husband, Ralph, of Leesville, LA, Mary Ann Coburn of Leesville, LA, son, Danny Joe Perkins and wife, Glenda, of Leesville, LA, 8 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.

Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 15, 2012 from 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the First United Pentecostal Church in Leesville, LA. Services will be held Wednesday, May 16, 2012 at 2:00 pm at the First United Pentecostal Church in Leesville. Rev. John Burns, Rev. M.C. Green and Rev. Frank Hornsby and Bro. Glaze will be officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Island Cemetery in Leesville under the direction of Hixson Funeral Home of Leesville, LA.

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