Clarence L. (Penny) Perry, age 66 years, of Whitley City, Kentucky died at his home August 24, 2014. Funeral services were held Saturday, August 30, 2014 at 1pm in the McCreary County Funeral Home with Bro. Gary Perry officiating. Burial was in the Higginbotham Cemetery.
He was born in Honey Bee, Kentucky on February 19, 1948 the son of the late Alonzo and Rosa (Bryant) Perry. He was formerly Sheriff of McCreary County, of the Baptist Faith, a Kentucky Colonel, a member of the Kentucky Sheriffâs Association, enjoyed, playing music, family, friends, grandchildren, sports, and trading knives and guns.
His parents; brothers, Carl Allen Perry and Clifford Leroy Perry; and sister, Marie Perry Gaddie precede him in death.
Survivors include his wife, Jo Ann (Sellers) Perry of Whitely City, Kentucky; daughter, Carolyn Dixon and husband, Chad of Whitley City, Kentucky; step sons, Trent Kidd and wife, Toni, Rick Kidd and wife, Julie, and Gary Kidd all of Pine Knot, Kentucky, and Jeffrey Kidd and wife, Sharon of Strunk, Kentucky; brothers, Charles Bill Perry of Norwood, Ohio and Joseph Perry of Amelia, Ohio; grandchildren, Whitney Carson and Jacob Dixon, and great grandchild, Kennedy Carson.
McCreary County Funeral Home entrusted with the arrangements.