John Sidney Perkins (1883-1938)

John Sidney Perkins was born on 9 November 1883 in Pennsylvania. He died on 9 July 1938 in Hampton, Virginia from a heart attack. He is buried in Greenlawn Memorial Park in Newsport News, Virginia.

John Sidney Perkins's headstone

John Sidney Perkins's WWI Draft card

Daily Press, 10 July 1938

Daily Press, 18 Sep 1915

Obituary (Daily Press, 10 July 1938)
Perkins, John Sidney, 54, of 117 Shenandoah road, Hampton, died of a heart attack about 3:30 p.m. Saturday, July 9, 1938. He was employed as a moulder in the shipyard here. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Flossie May Perkins; his mother; two sons, George S. Perkins and Charles Atwood Perkins; one daughter, Mrs. W. D. White, and three grandchildren, all of Hampton; and several cousins of Wilmington, Del. Funeral arrangements will not be completed pending the arrival of a son who is on the trial trip of the USS Boise. (Arrangements by Rouse).

PARENTS
George Atwood Perkins
Mary Kelty

SPOUSE
Flossie Mae Joynes

CHILDREN
George Sidney Perkins
Charles Atwood Perkins
Flossie M. Perkins

SOURCES

• 1900 census, Chester City Ward 9, Delaware, Pennsylvania

• 1910 census, Newport News Ward 2, Newport News, Virginia

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

• 1930 census, Newport News, Newport News, Virginia

• World War I Draft Registration

• Daily Press, 10 July 1938, 18 Sep 1915

• Find A Grave