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Buffy Sue Leach Perkins

1970 - 2022

Buffy Sue Leach Perkins obituary, 1970-2022, Jellico, TN

BORN

1970

DIED

2022

FUNERAL HOME

Harp Funeral Home - Jellico

572 South Main Street

Jellico, Tennessee

Buffy Perkins Obituary

Buffy Sue Leach Perkins, 51, of Jellico, passed away on Friday, May 6 at North Knoxville Medical Center. She was born on Nov. 30, 1970, in Corbin, Kentucky.

Buffy was a member of Crouches Creek Missionary Baptist Church.

Buffy is preceded in death by her husband, Hugh Perkins; father, Joseph "Ed" Leach; and niece, Ashley Kay.

She is survived by her son, Joseph Perkins; mother, Sue Metcalf Leach; sister, Nancy Ann Rookard and husband, Andy; niece, Angelina Rookard; great-niece, Sophia Dople; and a host of friends and other family to mourn her passing.

Buffy's wishes were to be cremated.

Harp Funeral Home of Jellico is in charge of arrangements.

LaFollette Press
May 12, 2022

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Published by LaFollette Press from May 16 to May 17, 2022.

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Harp Funeral Home - Jellico

572 South Main Street P.O. Box 26, Jellico, TN 37762

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