Roll Call Tribute

John W. "Butch" Perry 

February 7, 1942 - May 28, 2024 

John W. “Butch” Perry, age 82, of Paris, Texas passed away Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Paris Regional Healthcare. Graveside services will be conducted at 11:00 AM on Friday, May 31, 2024 in the Roxton Restland Cemetery under the direction of Fry-Gibbs Funeral Home. Ryan Anderson, Tim Swann, John Crabtree, Craig Hatanville, Byron Prince, Milton Sims, and Brent Cooper will be pallbearers. The family will receive friends at 10:00 AM Friday at the cemetery.

John W. “Butch” Perry was born on February 7, 1942, in Paris, a son of R.T. and Eleanor Endsley Perry. He was an industrial engineer, a graduate of Texas A&M University at College Station, and a member of First Baptist Church in Roxton.

He married Nancy Boatright on September 17, 1965, in Dallas.

Butch is survived by his spouse, Nancy Boatright Perry, daughter, Karen Perry Davis, grandchildren, Shelbi Lynn Anderson (Ryan Anderson) and Suzi Davis (Tim Swann). He is also survived by a brother R.T. Perry, Jr. (Lia), sister, Joan Fraizer, and sisters-in-law, Sue Boatright and Claudette Hitchcock, and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorials to the Roxton Fire Department or the Roxton Restland Cemetery.