Dear Family, I struggled with so many emotions knowing Robert for such a short moment.  He seemed genuine.  My heart was never whole and now Jesus is the only fulfillment.  I hope your hearts are more at peace.  God knows why He allows things and doesnt allow things. Its hard to be only part of something. God bless you all. 
Cynthia j. Perry Whitman

I have put off entering my own text as long as possible; however, since the year is coming to an end, I am going to try and put into words what I felt about my dad.  How do I even begin...

Robert A Perry was one of the most honest and loyal men I have ever known.  As a matter of fact, if it were not for his example I probably would have felt that there were no good men considering the ones I've dealt with in my life.  He loved my mom with his whole heart!  She was his world and it devastated him when she passed away.  He no longer had a desire to live but continued to press on only becasue of me, Austin and Ashley and later on Carter too.  He loved each one of us unconditionally.  He was the greatest man I have ever known and I had the privelege to call him Daddy. 

He taught me so much about life and as he got older it was hard for me to accept that he just simply could not do the things that he had done for me all of his life.  He could always fix anything, building anything and do anything!  I lost the man that I knew long before November 2014 but even then I was not ready to let him go.  

Carter Nicole, he loved you more than life itself.  I can remember how he would walk in the front door and both of you would light up and just smile at each other.  He loved to just talk with you and you listened so intently as you stared at him and smiled.  He wouldn't hold you because he was so afraid he would hurt you but he would sit beside you and talk for hours.  

As tragic as it was in the car that day, I am so thankful that God allowed him to be in the car with me instead of home alone when he went to be with Jesus.  I was the last thing he saw before he saw Jesus.  What an honor and blessing.  He was in his favorite place....with family and on the road.  Now that both of my parents are gone, I feel so alone at times even though I know I'm not.  I struggle with asking God why take them both and leave me here alone....  but I know that God blessed me with the best!  And I was truly blessed to have them for the time I did.  Thank you Lord for the amazing gift of my parents!!!  

I love and miss you every moment of every day!  Until we meet again........

Hayley Nicole Harris I am thinking about you all today and you are all in my prayers I love you all so much! " Then you shall call and the lord will answer, you shall cry and he will say Here I am" Isaiah 58:9 dont be afraid to cry today because the lord will be with you. If any of you need me i am always here. Love you guys sending thoughts your way. Gail Perry Ashley Perry
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Gail Perry Hayley Nicole Harris, he loved you so much! Thank you for your sweet sweet words
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Kathy Turner Brewer Oh my goodness. This is the sweetest thing I've ever heard. You certainly pinned him for the man he was to everyone. I have known him all of my life and you just nailed it. Beautiful. I love this picture of him and Austin. I thought I could hold it together but after this I'm not so sure.
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Cherial Finamore Hayley Nicole Harris..there are no better words to say about him...I love you very much...please come see me
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Pamela Holt Tidwell This is a beautiful picture and statement!! Uncle Robert loved his family dearly, and all he met was family!!
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Kathy Turner Brewer So true Pamela Holt Tidwell
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SuAnn Vaughn Childress So precious and true. 
Prayers for you all.
Wish I could be there for you all.
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Lori Morgan Davis He was definitely the most precious man! I was so blessed to get to call him my Uncle Robert!!! Luv him bunches n miss him already!!

One in a million man. You will be missed. Love you!!

He will forever be missed. This whole family has a very special place in my heart. Love you Gail, Ashley, and Austin.

My heart was both heavy and lifted as I sat through the service today. I can't imagine the pain you, Ashley Perry and Austin are feeling for your loss. It is never easy losing someone you love, especially so suddenly but your strength amazes me and is so inspiring to so many. Not just with this, but with every day life. As I sat next to the lovely, Katey Huber today, I was told and shared of the love that so many people have for you and your family.. People I've never even met or seen before would look at me and say "Gail is such a blessing, I love Gail, I couldn't make it through life without her!" And now that I know you, I have the privelage of being able to say the same! In such a little amount of time, you have grown so close to my heart, and I cherish you and your family deeply. I am here for ya'll, if you need anything at all and will continue to pray that God will give you a peace of mind and strengh to continue to carry through this, you are loved. XOXO

It's always been REALLY hard on me to lose people In my life.. Saturday we lost a very special man in my family, "Uncle Robert". Truly one of the sweetest! BUT one thing that finally soaked in with me yesterday at his funeral is that this is NOT the end!! We get so caught up in this world we forget what is important! Our lives are like a vapor here today gone tomorrow.. Don't get me wrong I think we should enjoy our lives here on earth , but where we spend eternity is what really matters! I know he is in heaven and happier than anyone here on
This earth! Thank you Gail Perry for reminding me of this! We all need it sometimes!
#iknowheiswhistleinglouderthanever

Lori Morgan Davis Beautifully said...I miss his phone calls..when I flip through the TV n see a western on I think Uncle Robert would luv that...when I drive by Sonic I think about his vanilla shakes...when I think about how close our family use to be before we started losing our precious loved ones it saddens me

"Don't just pretend to love others. Really love them. Hate what is wrong. Hold tightly to what is good. Love each other with genuine affection, and take delight in honoring each other." This verse truely encompasses the person you were papaw. You had a very special place in my heart and I already miss you so much. You were one incredible man that Gods light shined through so greatly. You taught me so much and I am so incredibly grateful that I got to meet you and experience the love you had to share. And you loved your family beyond a doubt the way you talked about your wife and kids and your family in general was so inspiring. You could tell they meant the world to you. They have a very special angel watching over them now. Papaw thank you so much for showing me how to love and be loved by someone who didn't have to. You might not have been my papaw but I felt like you loved me the same. Love you and fly high

May God give your family peace.
Cynthia J. Perry Whitman

Robert was a man that loved his family .He would always greet you with a hug and then he would always ask you how you were doing. He loved having a house full of family I can not even count the times I came to the kitchen and he would say hey baby y'all sleep good do you need anything while cooking sausage on his George Foreman grill  .and he would be whistling while he was doing it like he was the happiest man in the world. He was a man that was truly in love with his wife and would have not hesitated to take care of anyone that tried to harm her or his daughter! Gail Perry is truly blessed to have had such awesome parents and they were both Christian people so what a reunion she will have in Heaven!!!! My family loved them so much!!

he was an unpretentious man to whom i could relate,he loved JESUS AND HIS FAMILY and he didn't apologize for either

He was a wonderful, kind- hearted man who loved his family and his wife more than anything. When I met him and his family in 2005, I fell in love with all of the Perry's. Ms. Gail, Ash, and Austin had a man who they were able to look up to who showed them how to love your family unconditionally. He not only loved his family, he loved everyone around him. This family ALWAYS had people at their house and I never met a person who didn't call him Pawpaw. He was always taking care of us like we were his own.
 
There are so many memories with him and he will be missed so much. We will forever cherish all of the memories with him. “ When someone you loves becomes a memory, that memory becomes a treasure.”

My deepest condolences to the perry family for losing such a great man...ive know papaw as long as ive known ashley, mrs. Gail, and austin...you guys are family to me and im sad to hear hes not on earth anymore but im joyful because i know hes up in heaven praising the Lord and watching over his family..he came to know and love everyone he met and he holds a special place in my heart...i remember when i would stay the night at the perrys, me and ahley would go over there and visit him :)...God has a very special man in heaven and we all look foward to seeing him again..

I knew Robert through my husband and father-in-law's work..the elevator industry.  What I'll remember the most about him is his big happy smile and the love he had for his family.  He adored his wife, Pat. He was crushed when she left and went to Heaven before him.  He thought Gail and the grandchildren hung the moon.  Sometimes we'd see each other in town and we'd have conversations catching up on each other's lives..I knew all about the grandkids and Gail's life and he didn't leave out a detail.  He was so very proud of all of you!  You were all blessed to call Robert family and he knew exactly how blessed he was to be yours! You're going to see him again in Heaven someday, welcoming you with that big happy smile and holding Pat's hand. =)

I am honored & humbled to have known you all of my life. Words can not express the impact that you have made not only in my life but for others as well. You were truly an amazing man that would give everything you had to anyone in need wether it be a bed to lay on or a meal in your tummy but there was always that saying that came afterwards "Just don't mess with my girls."  And loved us all you did. I love you & will miss you greatly. There is just never enough words to express how I fill. I have a lifetime of great memories and I thank you for them.

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Robert A Perry

5 agosto, 1942 – 15 noviembre, 2014

Memphis Funeral Home and Memorial Gardens

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