He attended District of Columbia public schools, including Mckinley Technical High School, from
which he graduated in 1965 and, most importantly, met his future wife, Genise Annette
Mebane or whom he affectionately called “Nise”. Soon after graduating from high school, he
attended Howard University for one year before enlisting in the United States Navy. He spent
over four years as a Hospital Corpsman. In 1970, he was named Sailor/Marine of the Month.
After extensive travel in Asia, Perry returned home and enrolled at Howard University again
where he graduated in 1975 with a degree in Pharmacology.
As a pharmacist, Perry worked at a number of retail stores in the DC area and in 1975 he began
his federal employment at Walter Reed Hospital and ended at Veterans Medical Center where
he retired in 2000. Though he took pride in his career and scholastic accomplishments, his
biggest joy and achievement was his family. Perry and Nise married in 1968 at Mount Jezreel
Baptist Church and honeymooned in the Poconos. In 1971, they were blessed with their first
child, a baby girl named Danika Leah Stancil. Five years later, in 1976, they welcomed their son,
Perry Davin Stancil.
In 1995, Perry and Nise settled in the College Park Woods neighborhood where he found the
kindest, friendliest, and most supportive neighbors that eventually became like family. He
cherished them and they certainly cherished him.
For years, Perry coached baseball, football, and basketball. He later volunteered with the
Maryland Department of Aging Meals on Wheels Program in Greenbelt, MD. His hobbies
included computer graphics and photography, which included photoshopping eyes and even
teeth on his grandchildren’s pictures and serving as his wife’s technical guru for ebay. He also
had a knack for delicious sour cream pound cakes, which everyone definitely devoured. In
addition to his baking talents, he was also the grill master. Bone-in ribeyes were his favorite.
Though many may argue that he enjoyed the bone more than the actual meat.
He had a laughing spirit and loved to tell jokes that he laughed at longer and louder than
anyone else. His spirit and energy were affectionate and radiated to all those who crossed his
path. Everyone enjoyed being in his presence. From the clerks at 7-Eleven, the employees at
Walgreens, the Greenbelt post office workers, and the men that delivered firewood. They
always talked over an ice cold Pepsi.
His life will be forever cherish by his beloved wife Genise, children, Danika and Perry;
grandchildren, NaRae, Adryan, Wynter, and Dakota; great-grandson, Michael “Horse”; sisters
Carrie Terrine, Deborah, Brenda; brother, Kenneth; one lifelong friend and honorary brother,
Robert “Bo”(Diane), special cousin Sharon Click (Dave) and a host of cousins, nieces, nephews,
and friends.
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