Funeral services for Barbara Nell Perry, 69, of Bonham, will be held at 2:00 PM Sunday, Oct. 27, 2013 in Wise Funeral Home Chapel. Rev. Chris Cowen will officiate. Burial will follow in Willow Wild Cemetery. Barbara passed away early Thursday, October 24, 2013 at Texoma Medical Center in Denison.
Barbara was born April 8, 1944 in Bonham, Texas, the daughter of Rosser Thomas Fitzwater and Mary Gray Smith Fitzwater. She was a 1961 graduate of Bonham High School and received an Associates degree in electronics from Grayson County Junior College. She married Glendon Perry on May 28, 1976 in Bonham. Barbara was employed with DeRose Industries for 20 years and later worked for MEMC. She enjoyed the outdoors and was one of the founding members of the Broken Wheel Ranch Project. She loved spending time with her grandchildren and her cat, "Pretty Girl" and dog, "Spicy". Barbara was a member of Wild Horse Creek Cowboy Church in Lamasco. She was preceded in death by her parents.
Barbara is survived by her
husband, Glendon Perry of Bonham, Texas; two daughters, Melanie Mincey and husband, James and Jennifer Hemby and husband, Clint all of Bonham, Texas;
brother, Ronald T. Fitzwater and wife, Ronda of Bonham, Texas;
sister, Joan Carol Kelton and husband, Lee of Bonham, Texas;
grandchildren, Ross Ingram, Brad Ingram, Jaicie Hemby, Jaxxon Hemby, Carsyn Hemby, Chyrsi Hemby, Jewyll Hemby, Cody Osborne and Kelsi Pralle
Great Grandchildren, Zoie, Gracie, Kolby and Kaleb
Pallbearers will be Johnny Rice, Bary Fleitman, Richie Hilliard, Skip Stone, Chris Morse and Josh Anderson.
The family will receive friends at Wise Funeral Home from 1:00 PM till service time Sunday. Online guest register www.wisefuneralhome.com