James Waddill Perkinson

PERKINSON, James Waddill, 91, of 526 Dogwood Drive, passed away quietly Monday, February 2, 2009, at Stratford Health Care after a long illness. He was born on July 30, 1917 in Danville, a son of Albert James Perkinson and Carolyn Turner Perkinson. He was married to Alma "Sigie" Courtney Perkinson who predeceased him on September 21, 1993. He attended Washington & Lee University and was a graduate of Benjamin Franklin University. He was employed by several banks before entering the Army and serving in the Quartermaster Corps in Harrisburg, Pa., the Philippines and Japan. He was formerly employed with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell, & Company in Charlotte, N.C., before returning to Danville where he was a C.P.A. of Manning, Perkinson & Floyd. He was a former member of Main Street United Methodist Church, a member of the Danville Golf Club, the Danville Kiwanis Club, and the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History. He served on the boards of the Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, the YMCA, the Carrington Foundation, and Montreat College. He dedicated the rose garden at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History to his wife, Alma Courtney Perkinson. He is survived by three daughters, Melissa P. Callaway and her husband, Douglas, of Richmond, Va., Sarah P. Oliver and her husband, Paul, of Wilmington, N.C., and Ann P. Gorham and her husband, Patrick, of Wyoming, Del.; one sister, Carolyn Turner Perkinson of Danville; and four grandchildren, Laura Callaway and Sarah Ann Callaway, both of Richmond, Va., and Lindsay Gorham and Bryan Gorham, both of Wyoming, Del. Graveside services will be held at Mountain View Cemetery on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at 11 a.m., with Reverend Bo Setliff officiating. The family will receive friends Friday, February 6, 2009 at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History from 6 to 8 p.m. The family suggests that memorials may be made to The Community Foundation of the Dan River Region for the preservation of the Alma C. Perkinson Rose Garden, P.O. Box 1039, Danville, Va. 24543; the Kiwanis Foundation, P.O. Box 1701, Danville, Va. 24543; or to the Danville Museum of Fine Arts & History, 975 Main Street, Danville, Va. 24541. Townes Funeral Home & Crematory, 215 West Main Street, is in charge of arrangements. www.townesfuneralhome.com.
This obituary was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch.