More detail on this person: Ronald Tracy
Perdue, 72, husband of Elsie James Perdue, died
Saturday, July 5, 2014 at AnMed Health Medical
Center. Born July 5, 1942 in Potomac Heights,
Maryland, he was the son of the late Juel Kircheth
and Donna Marie Tolliver Perdue. He was the top
cadet graduate of Carlisle Military Academy in
Bamburg, SC. He was a decorated U.S. Army
Veteran of the Vietnam War, having served two
tours of duty in the Green Berets and a third tour
of duty as a combat helicopter pilot. He was
wounded in combat and was responsible for saving
many lives. Mr. Perdue was a graduate of the
University of Central Florida. He was the retired
owner and operator of a dental lab technician
business in Lake Wales, Florida and Bradenton,
Florida. He attended Lebanon Baptist Church in
Anderson.
Survivors include his wife, Elsie; daughter,
Cynthia Lynn Perdue Wade and husband, Thomas
of Anderson and Bradenton, Florida; son, Bryon
Tracy Perdue and wife, Sherill of Anderson; seven
grandchildren, Jennifer and Taylor Shupsky, Bryon
Tracy Perdue, Jr., Andrew Christopher and Nathan
Oliver Perdue, Clarenz Karl and Hannah Garganta
Gliane; three great grandchildren, Elijah Xzier
Burch, Aiden Trey and Emily Amber Perdue; one
sister, Donna Jean Hurdiss and husband, Wayne of
Marietta, Georgia; and two sisters-in-law, Jane
Perdue of Summerville and Louella Perdue of
Jupiter, Florida. In addition to his parents, he
was preceded in death by two brothers, Jay K.
Perdue and Richard L. Perdue.
A memorial service will be held at 3 p.m.
Wednesday at M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Veterans
Cemetery conducted by Dr. Ron Fousek. Military
honors will be provided by the Campbell Patriots
Honor Guard. The family will receive friends from
6 until 8 p.m. Tuesday at Sullivan-King Mortuary.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the
Wounded Warriors Project, P.O. Box 758517,
Topeka, Kansas 66675. Sullivan-King Mortuary
www.sullivanking.com
Burial information: M.J. "Dolly" Cooper Veterans Cemetery
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