LESTER  CLEO  PERRY,  89 of Summersville, passed away Sunday January 7, 2024 in the Summersville Regional Medical Center.  He was the son of the late Carl and Maude Summey Perry and was born at Ft. Blackmore, Virginia June 26, 1934. Les was retired from General Motors in Cleveland, Ohio, member of the UAW #45 and former bus driver for the Nicholas County Board of Education. He was a U.S. Army veteran, and a member of Mountain State Baptist Church.

He was also preceded in death by brothers Roy, Bill, John and Bobby Ray Perry.

Surviving:

Wife of 58 years, married on April 16, 1965                  Charlene Tyree Perry

Son

John David Perry (Amanda)                       Craigsville

Daughter

Leslie Carpenter (Gary)                               Summersville

Brothers

Scotty Perry (Nancy)                                   Gate City, Virginia

James Perry (Sandra)                                 Boone, North Carolina

Sister

Nina Feathers                                               Kingsport, Tennessee

Grandchildren

David, Madison, Carmen, Alexis, Alyssa, Annalise and Andrew.

Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m. Thursday January 11th in the Waters Funeral Chapel with Pastor Gary Carpenter officiating. Burial will follow in the Tyree Cemetery on Phillips Run Road.  Friends may call at the funeral chapel one hour prior to the service on Thursday.

Condolences: watersfuneralchapel.com