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Katherine Perkins Obituary

Katherine Cooke Perkins
Feb. 12, 1917 - Sept. 21, 2013
Katherine Cooke Perkins, 96, of Huntsville, AL and Nashville, TN passed away on September 21, 2013. A memorial service will be held at Twickenham Church of Christ, Huntsville, on Tuesday, September 24 at noon with Lincoln Smith officiating. Visitation and reception will immediately follow the service at The Ledges. Burial will be at the Barton Cemetery.
Survivors include her daughter and son-in-law, Sherrill Perkins Bandlow and Joseph Leland (Lee) Bandlow, Jr. of Nashville, TN; grandson, Joseph Leland Bandlow III of Atlanta, GA; and granddaughter, Katherine (Kiki) Sherrill Bandlow of Charlottesville, VA.
Katherine was born on February 12, 1917 to Susie Gibbs Cooke and John Henry Cooke in Barton, Alabama. After graduating from Cherokee High School and Athens College, she followed her childhood dream of teaching. She taught math and English for 35 years at various schools in Alabama, including Huntsville High School, Huntsville Junior High School, Cherokee High School, Colbert County High School, and Muscle Shoals High School. Her only break from teaching occurred during World War II when she worked for the Office of Scientific Research and Development in Washington, D.C.
In Huntsville she was a member of Twickenham Church of Christ, Delta Kappa Gamma teachers' sorority, Twickenham Study Club, Historic Huntsville Foundation, and Tennessee Valley Genealogical Society. She was a founding board member of the Barton Cemetery Fund established to preserve and maintain the historic pre-Civil War cemetery located in the town of her birth. In 2007 she moved to Nashville to be near her family.
In lieu of flowers, please consider memorial donations to the Barton Cemetery Fund, P.O. Box 506, Cherokee, AL 35616, or a charity of your choice.
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Published by The Huntsville Times from Sep. 24 to Sep. 25, 2013.

Memories and Condolences
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6 Entries

September 29, 2013

To have met or known Katherine Cook Perkins was a privilege. To have known her well was a convincing renewal of faith in the richness,sweetness and integrity of the human spirit". Katherine you will be missed. Sherrill and family. my sympathies.
David Thorne, Barton born

Patricia Hammer

September 27, 2013

I regret a prior commitment prevented my attending the memorial service for my former colleague at Huntsville High English Department. Katherine was a lady for whom I had deepest respect. She loved her daughter very much--we often enjoyed talking about that. Please accept my condolences for your loss.
.....Tish Hammer

Stephen Hamm

September 25, 2013

Very sorry for your loss. Some of her former students have made some very nice comments that you might want to see. They are on our class website, HHS1976.net, on the memorials page.

September 24, 2013

Sherrill and Lee,

I just wanted to send a note and let you know I am thinking of you during your time of loss. My thoughts are prayers are with you during this very difficult time.

Jeff Harpole

September 23, 2013

A very sweet lady to me.
I was her student at Colbert County High School in the late 50's.My condolences to her family.Peggy McCormack Mitchell

The Staff of Morrison Funeral Home

September 22, 2013

Offering our deepest sympathies at this time.

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