Page Rudd Perkins

Page Rudd Perkins

Page Rudd Perkins of Fork Union, Virginia, died on Wednesday, May 19, 2010, at her home, Brides Hill.

Born on April 29, 1912, in Bon Air, Virginia, Mrs. Perkins was the daughter of Montelle Banister Rudd and Page (Newman) Rudd.

Raised in Bon Air, Mrs. Perkins was a graduate of St. Catherine's School in Richmond and Hollins College, Class of 1933. She was a teacher at Elkhart (Manchester) School in Chesterfield County and St. Catherine's School in Richmond.

She married William Beckwith Perkins from Fork Union, Virginia, in 1936, in Manila, in the Philippines, and during the next 24 years his Naval career took them to China, Panama, Hawaii, and Naval bases in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, New London, Connecticut, and Newport, Rhode Island. Twice he was assigned to the N.R.O.T.C unit at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. When Admiral Perkins returned from the United States Navy, they lived in Hinsdale, Illinois, for 10 years, then moved to Bon Air, Virginia and eventually returned to Fork Union. Admiral Perkins died in 1992.

Mrs. Perkins belonged to the Point of Fork Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, the Huguenot Society of Virginia, the Colonial Dames XVI, and the Jamestowne Society.

She is survived by her five children, Betsy Sargisson of Worcester, Massachusetts, Nancy Page Newman of Charlottesville, Lelia Richardson and her husband, James Richardson, of Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, William Beckwith Perkins Jr. and his wife, Carol, of Buford, Georgia, and Louise Forsyth and her husband, Logan Forsyth, of Roanoke; 10 grandchildren, Winn Gianino of Milford, New Hampshire, William Sargisson of Mount Kisco, New York, Page Sargisson of Brooklyn, New York, Page Weaver of Norfolk, Nancy Richardson of Baltimore, Maryland, James Richardson of Holliston, Massachusetts, Melissa Black and Betsy Shank of Flowery Branch, Georgia, Temple Basham of Richmond and Anne Logan Bass of Roanoke; and 15 great-grandchildren. She is also survived by a sister, Barbara Dinwiddie, of Minneapolis, Minnesota.

There will be a private graveside service for the family.

Colbert Funeral Home of Bremo Bluff is in charge of arrangements.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Fork Union Presbyterian Church, P.O. Box 696, Fork Union, VA 23055 or to Hospice of the Piedmont, 675 Peter Jefferson Parkway, Charlottesville, VA 22911.


This obituary was originally published in the Daily Progress.