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Descendants of William Perdue, Sr.


Generation No. 5


13. WILLIAM MANNING LOWE5 PERDUE (JAMES MADISON4, WILLIAM WESLEY3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born January 05, 1884 in Upshur County, Texas, and died January 06, 1968 in Duncanville, Dallas Co., TX. He married MARY KAY LOIS June 07, 1910 in Kay Family Home, Big Sandy, Upshur County, Texas. She was born September 17, 1888 in Big Sandy, Upshur Co., TX, and died September 14, 1969 in Ennis, Ellis Co, TX.
     
Child of W
ILLIAM PERDUE and MARY LOIS is:
  i.   DOROTHY6 PERDUE, b. October 09, 1921, Big Sandy, Upshur Co., TX; d. July 06, 1991, Baylor Medical Center, Waxahachie, Ellis Co., TX; m. THOMAS EUGENE DUNN, September 09, 1947, Waxahachie, Ellis County, Texas.


14. CYRUS OLIVER5 PERDUE (WILLIAM WESLEY4, WILLIAM WESLEY3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born February 06, 1888 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas, and died July 14, 1957 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas (Source: TX Death Index, Certificate # 9961.). He married ANNIE AMANDA DOZIER February 07, 1909, daughter of JAMES DOZIER and MARY KNOWLES. She was born June 17, 1886 in Jamestown, Smith County, Texas, and died February 25, 1956 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas.

Notes for C
YRUS OLIVER PERDUE:
Cyrus Oliver, called Oliver, worked as a teacher for Tyler Commercial College teaching accounting and penmanship, he wrote out the diplomas because his handwriting was so good. He also worked as a clerk, treasurer, and an auditor for the St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co. of Texas. He was a deacon and secretary in his church in Tyler, First Christian Church. The Texas State Health Department does not have a death certificate on file for him, there may be one filed in Arkadelphia. Oliver developed diabetes later in life.

The following was written by Dorothy May Perdue Hurt:

C. O. Perdue was the oldest son of William Wesley and Emma (Owen) Perdue. He had four sisters: Marge, Grace, and Margaret and Oline; three brothers: Abner, Leonard, and Bernice. He was born in Upshur County, Texas, and was raised on a farm.

The Perdue's were of French descent (Perdue means "lost" in French). His father taught him that he (the father) was head of the family as long as he lived. I have always thought that Dad was just a little bit afraid of his father. Of course, I could be wrong about that. I do know that as long as my grandfather lived Daddy more or less catered to his wishes.

Dad was a very complex man. As a child I cannot remember him letting me sit on his lap; mother said he was embarrassed to push a baby buggy when my brother and I were babies.

Neither can I remember that he ever paid me a compliment. If mother sent me to see if he liked the way I was dressed, he would always say "pretty is as pretty does".

I don't remember him ever kissing me or hugging me when I was a child, but somehow I knew that he did love me. And when I was grown and married he proved that he did love me. When we would go home for a visit I was kissed and hugged and there would be tears in his eyes. And I mean I always got a hug.

He belonged to the First Christian Church; was a Deacon and Secretary-Treasurer for many years.

Mother's brothers all seemed to be in poor health and Dad would go to their farms and build fences, dig wells, clean out wells, feed cattle; do anything that needed to be done, and he never once complained.

Dad had appendicitis when I was about 7 or 8 years old. When the doctoe operated the appendix had burst and gangrene and peritonitis had set in. They did not sew him up because they did not think he would live - but he fooled them all. He did recover. When he went back to work (too soon) he lifted a heavy ledger and the inside of his incision pulled loose causing a hernia. He refused to go back on the operating table to be sewed up and had to wear a corset all his life.

Uncles Abner, Leonard, and Bernice, and Aunts Oline and Margaret all lived with us at different times and attended Tyler Commercial College. Later, my grandfather lived with mother and dad. Grandad convinced dad that it was his duty to send his younger brothers and sisters to business school.

Dad was attending Tyler Commercial College when he and my mother met. In fact, when he finished at the college he made his own diploma and it was beautiful. He taught math and penmanship at the college.

One night there was a big rain storm and the basement of the college was flooded. The janitor called Dad to come help him because he did not know what to do. When Dad got there they went to the basement and the water was up pretty high. The Negro janitor somehow came into contact with an electric wire and was electrocuted. Dad like to have never gotten over that.

He quit the college and went to Minneola where he kept books at Bomburg's, a department store. Later, he went to some town on the Texas - Louisiana border where he sold Singer sewing machines. Mother stayed in Tyler. They did not like that arrangement so he quit and returned to Tyler. He then went on to become Auditor for the Southern Division of the railroad. He was a whiz at math. He could add three or four columns at a time; never just one, and he was fast as an adding machine.

The company had a rule forcing retirement at age 65. Miss Hattie Greene was Chairman of the Board at that time. She was something else again. Quite eccentric. There have been several books written about her. When Dad reached retirement age she called a special meeting of the Board of Directors and recommended that Mr. Perdue be allowed to continue working for as long as he desired. Her motion carried. That was quite a feather in his cap.

Dad could fall asleep at the drop of a hat, anytime or any place. One night, just before Christmas, he was sitting at one end of the couch next to a table where mother had a small Christmas tree. He fell asleep and somehow toppled the tree. It woke him and he grabbed the tree. With a guilty look on his face he said "I saved the Christmas tree".

He did not smoke, drink, or cuss. He dearly loved hunting and fishing, and was often invited to go hunting or fishing with men who did one or all of those things. They all seemed to enjoy his company. His big buddy, Riley Pierce, said Dad kept them all in line and they respected and appreciated him.

One time he came home from deer hunting and was very depressed. He would not talk, ate very little and was very despondent. Mother thought it was because the other men all got a deer and he didn't and possibly they kidded him. At Christmas she went to the Dime Store and bought a little deer and wrapped it for him, and put it under the tree. When he opened the package the tears rolled down his face and he said "How did you know?" She didn't know, but from his actions she knew something had happened on the trip. He broke down and told her that he shot a doe (which was out of season). He wanted to turn himself in to the Game Warden, but his companions told him to forget it; said that everyone could make a mistake now and then. They butchered the doe, ate the meat and buried the skin. But it nearly killed Dad.

He truly loved you and JoAnn, especially JoAnn because she loved him. You were so independent that you would not let them keep you like they did JoAnn.

When he had to go to the office on Sunday to open the safe and give someone expense money to be out of town two or three days, he would get the diaper bag, a bottle of milk and take JoAnn with him.

One time he was going fishing with some men. Mr. Shamburger owned a lake and a cabin and several men were to spend the night there. JoAnn wanted to go with him so he took her and slept in the car so she did not see the men undressed or hear any dirty talk.

Dad was a big tease and loved to play jokes on people - except his father. Grandad ruled his life for years. My grandfather did not think mother was good enough for his son so he refused to give permission for them to marry. Dad was 21 on February 6th and they married on Feb. 7th. I have often wondered if my grandfather ever thought of that when mother was taking care of him. I could never forgive him for that. She was a perfect "lady."

I will say this for Dad: When we needed him the most, he was there for us. One time the Cotton Belt ran a special train to a football game. Dozier Glen was on the team so naturally was on the train. Someone told Dad they saw Dozier Glen with a Deputy going to the jail. Dad hot-footed it to the jail to see what he could do, only to find out Dozier Glen was walking with a friend who had just been appointed Deputy Sheriff. But Dad was there for him if he had been needed.

Then, when I was in a car accident, someone called Dad. I was scared to death he was going to give me heck because I had been riding in the car with someone I was forbidden to be with. All he said was "Sis, how do you feel?"

He had absolutely no patience with us if he was helping us with a math problem. It was so easy for him he just could not understand why it was not easy for us. When we came up with the wrong answer he would use the middle knuckle on his middle finger and thump us on the head until our heads would be sore the next day.

I was expelled from business school because I took a typing test for a telegraphy student. He only had 15 words per minute posted and needed 18 in order to go to New Orleans to take his final test in telegraphy. If he did not make the 18 words that week he would have to wait three months for the next test in New Orleans. I only had 18 word posted but that day I posted 37 in his name. They caught me because all the typewriter ribbons had been changed and mine was the only one with a purple ribbon. So both of us were expelled. I just knew that Dad was going to give me heck because he was so strict, but instead, he went to the school and got both os us reinstated.

More About C
YRUS OLIVER PERDUE:
Burial: Memorial Park Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas
Occupation 1: Auditor for Cottonbelt Railroad (Source: Certification of Cirth Facts, Tyler Public Schools.)
Occupation 2: Salesman (Source: Birth Certificate, 40997.)

More About A
NNIE AMANDA DOZIER:
Burial: February 27, 1956, Memorial Park Cemetery, Tyler, Smith County, Texas
     
Children of C
YRUS PERDUE and ANNIE DOZIER are:
19. i.   DOZIER GLEN6 PERDUE, b. April 28, 1910, Tyler, Smith County, Texas; d. October 03, 1991, Avinger, Texas.
20. ii.   DOROTHY MAY PERDUE, b. November 26, 1912, Tyler, Smith County, Texas; d. January 27, 1997, Corpus Christi, Nueces County, TX.


15. JAMES LEONARD5 PERDUE, SR. (WILLIAM WESLEY4, WILLIAM WESLEY3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born August 28, 1892 in Upshur County, Texas, and died February 24, 1972 in Tyler, Smith County, Texas. He married (1) ADDIE MCBRIDE. She was born July 08, 1898, and died July 03, 1981. He married (2) LILLE MAE MINGS December 21, 1920 in Gilmer, Upshur County, Texas. She was born February 28, 1902, and died April 03, 1944.

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AMES LEONARD PERDUE, SR.:
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A remembrance of Dorothy Dell Perdue Galbraith:

Leonard drove an ice cream truck. He would stop along his route and give her an ice cream, then write it up as a sale at his next stop so he would not get in any trouble for giving it to her.

As per Gwen Kee:

This was during the oil boom days. There were a lot of robberies during this time. Leonard was robbed twice. The ice cream truck had running boards and robbers would jump and land on the running boards while the truck was still moving. One time when this happened, Leonard jumped out of the truck. He kept the money with him and prevented the robbers from taking it. The driver of the truck said " Perdue, don't you ever leave me like that again" or something to that effect, but he protected the money.
There were many poor people around at the time. There were many a day that Leonard would give his lunch money to less fortunate people and just eat ice cream.
Leonard had diabetes, as did Cyrus and Marge. Gwen was not sure if Bernice was institutionalized because of diabetes or not. She said there were so many different stories, they weren't sure why he was institutionalized. Leonard's mother also had diabetes and she was institutionalized from about 1920 until sometime shortly before her death in 1934.

More About J
AMES LEONARD PERDUE, SR.:
Burial: Memorial Park, Tyler, Smith County, Texas

More About L
ILLE MAE MINGS:
Burial: Memorial Park, Tyler, Smith County, Texas
     
Children of J
AMES PERDUE and LILLE MINGS are:
21. i.   GWENDOLYNN6 PERDUE, b. December 10, 1921, Maud, Texas.
22. ii.   JAMES LEONARD PERDUE, b. April 19, 1924; d. July 03, 1995.
23. iii.   JOYCE MINGS PERDUE, b. October 06, 1936.


16. MARJORIE IZELLA5 PERDUE (WILLIAM WESLEY4, WILLIAM WESLEY3, BENJAMIN2, WILLIAM1) was born March 16, 1894, and died October 26, 1959. She married SAM SUTTON October 13, 1923. He was born February 11, 1899.

More About M
ARJORIE IZELLA PERDUE:
Medical Information: had diabetes
     
Children of M
ARJORIE PERDUE and SAM SUTTON are:
  i.   ROBERT CAMPBELL6 SUTTON, b. July 18, 1930; m. (1) NANCY LEE BOWEN, July 25, 1942; m. (2) PEGGY JEAN MURPHY, September 06, 1950.
  ii.   WILLIAM THOMAS SUTTON, b. April 24, 1934; m. JEAN ANNE LANGFORD.


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