IRENE PERRY HUGHES SPRINGS, Texas-Irene Perry, 76, of Avinger, Texas, died Friday, April 2, 2004, in a Longview, Texas, hospital. Mrs. Perry was born July 26, 1927, in Bryans Mill, Texas. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. She was preceded in death by her husband, Chester L. Perry. Survivors include one son, Jerry Don Perry of Bryan, Texas; three daughters, Charlotte Grubbs, Bessie Rhodes and Delana Alford of Avinger; her mother, Annie Carrie Joyce of Jefferson, Texas; one brother, Ira Joyce Jr. of Jefferson; three sisters, Nell Perry of Hughes Springs, Faye Davidson of Boyd, Texas, and Bobbie Lee of Jefferson; eight grandchildren; five great- grandchildren; and a number of other relatives. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Avinger First Baptist Church with the Revs. Dale Carter and Shawn Thrapp officiating. Burial will be in Avinger Cemetery under direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home. Visitation will be 6 p.m. today at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to Avinger Cemetery Association or Bethany Home, c/o First Christian Church, 720 N. Sixth St., Longview, Texas, 75601.