Perkins, Robert Wayne  
 	
DIANA -- A celebration of life for Robert Wayne Perkins, 64, 
of Ore City, will be 10 a.m. Saturday, December 30, 2006, at 
First United Methodist Church in Ore City, with the Rev. John 
Whitehurst officiating. Cremation arrangements are under the 
direction of Grubbs-Loyd Funeral Home in Diana. Mr. Perkins 
passed away Thursday, December 28, 2006, at his home, after a 
lengthy battle with cancer. Mr. Perkins was born December 23, 
1942, in Houston, to Jim Bob and Hazel Perkins. He served in 
the U.S. Navy as an air crewman in the Air Antisubmarine 
Squadron 34. Mr. Perkins was the retired owner of R.W. 
Equipment and a member of the First United Methodist Church in 
Ore City. He was a loving husband and father, and he never met 
a stranger. Mr. Perkins enjoyed cooking, hunting, and fishing. 
He loved his dachshunds. Robert was preceded in death by his 
parents; and a son, Bobby Lee Perkins. He will be greatly 
missed by his loving wife, Sharron Perkins of Ore City; son, 
Kris Wayne Perkins of Houston; daughter, Tracy Lynn Perkins of 
Austin; brother, Bill Perkins of Spurger; sisters, Jeanine 
Johnson of Kingwood, and Ruth Dallas of Clackamas, Ore.; and 
three grandchildren. The family would like to thank Dr. 
Schottstaedt, Dr. Frase, Toni, and Wanda, Dr. Taylor, LCC 
Pharmacy, Texas Health Hospice, and all the special angels at 
Longview Cancer Center. They requests, that in lieu of flowers, 
memorial contributions be made to Texas Health Hospice or the 
Ore City FUMC Building Fund.

Published in the Longview News-Journal on 12/30/2006.