Gerald Howard Perdue

Gerald H. Perdue, born September 18, 1951 passed away on March 13, 2013. He will be greatly missed by his brothers, Fred Perdue and wife Patsy and Walter Perdue and wife Jeannie and several nieces, nephews and extended family.

When Gerald passed away, his laughter went with him. But to us, we will always remember the things we shared with him. Everyone loved him. There were very few that couldn’t over look him and just see the joy he carried.

Gerald didn’t pass alone, there were many of us there with him, no one by his bed side had a dry eye. Doctors and nurses were crying, they had gotten close to know him. It was awful to watch such a loving person pass away. We will always remember.

I hope in Heaven they have a big gum ball machine, because I know Gerald will need one. He sure knew how to chew that gum. Breakfast, Dinner and Supper. Gum Gum Gum

Gerald sure did love having his own little house. Well, Steven was staying with him a few days. Walter noticed that Steven wasn’t around. Walter ask Gerald were was Steven at? Gerald said, "I run him off, this is my house and I can do it! Okkkkkkk"

The grandchildren loved him. Joey was at the Hospital but left before Gerald passed away. His mama kept trying to explain it to him. All Joey could say was, "no mama, he’s at the Hospital, lets go get him". Over and over.

Gerald loved to draw and he was good at it. Well, this past year he had his own tree and gifts. He was such a kid. Christmas morning we went to his house to watch him open them and he was sitting there smiling. He had opened everything. Just grinning from ear to ear.

Gerald had a drinking problem with water. Well, Jennifer had a heart to heart talk with him. So she thought it was taken care of. Well, she saw him at the house filling up a gallon jug. She walked out on the porch and looked at Gerald,he looked at her, they locked eyes and he just started pouring out the water, saying, "I am sorry, are you mad at me". She told him, "you done hurt my feelings, you know you are not supposed to get into that water. You know your legs will swell". Then they would both turn around and go into their house.

We decided we would go to Texas. We started out and Gerald said, "stop". We did, he gets out of the car and runs up to Jennifer and said, "don’t worry I want divorce you. I’ll be right back". Jennifer cracked up laughing, all she could do and say was, "ok Gerald, ok".

Amanda’s wedding, was a blast. He danced with the pretty girls. He was sitting at our table and I kept looking at his drink. Something didn’t look right and all at once it hit me. He was smiling like he had the world by the tail. That man had a beer. Walter said, " Gerald", Gerald replied, "yes Brother Walter". Walter said, "go pour that beer out. You know you can’t have that". Gerald said, "well then can I have a coke"? "Yes Gerald". Needless to say, we all busted a button on this one.

Gerald stuck his hands in some hot wings, I won't repeat what he said. We laughed until we cried.

Gerald never complained. He was something. He had to be watched here.

If we run past a dead animal, he wanted it. He believed that he could stuff it. He always wanted to work with animals.

The funniest thing about Gerald was, to try and get him to take a bath. He believed that if he took a bath, that a Raccoon was going to bite him. So I would get Jennifer to sweet talk him, or I would give him a pack of gum if he took a bath, hey it worked. Or we would take him with us. Try anything to get him to take a bath.