Charles Atwood Perkins (1911-1980)

Charles Atwood Perkins was born on 3 August 1911 in Virginia. He died on 11 July 1980 in Newport News, Virginia from cardiac arrest. He married Dorothy Christie on 8 December 1934 in Washington, DC. He married Grace Newell Tennis on 18 December 1938 in Elizabeth City, Virginia.

Daily Press, 11 Oct 1934

Charles Atwood Perkins' death certificate

Charles Atwood Perkins' marriage certificate

Charles Atwood Perkins' divorce certificate

Obituary (Daily Press, 12 July 1980)
SEAFORD - Charles Atwood Perkins, 68, P.O. Box 297, died Friday in Riverside Hospital.
Born in Hampton, Mr. Perkins had been a resident of York County since 1943, and was a retired supervisor with the electrical maintenance department at Newport News Shipbuilding.
He was a member of Grace Episcopal Church, Yorktown; Monitor Lodge No. 197. AF&AM, Hampton; and Royal Arch Chapter.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Grace Tennis Perkins; a daughter, Mrs. Margaret Perkins Lloyd of Short Hills, N.J.; a sister, Mrs. Flossie M. White of Maggie Valley, N.C.; and two grandchildren.
A funeral will be conducted at 1 p.m. Monday in Grace Episcopal Church by the Rev. Claude Turner.
Burial, with Masonic rites, will be in Parklawn Memorial Park.
The family will receive friends from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Amory Funeral Home, Grafton.

PARENTS
John Sidney Perkins
Flossie Mae Joynes

SPOUSE
Dorothy Christie
Grace Newell Tennis

CHILDREN
John Atwood Perkins
Margaret Perkins

SOURCES

• 1920 census, Newport News Ward 4, Newport News, Virginia

• 1930 census, Newport News, Virginia

• 1940 census, Chesapeake Magisterial District, Elizabeth City, Virginia

• Virginia Vital Records

• Daily Press, 12 July 1980, 11 Oct 1934