Perry was born about 1906. He was the son of Irvin Demorest and Fannie Sisk. He passed away in 1923.
Per the 1910 and 1920 census, he was living with his family in Polk County, Arkansas.
Sources
"Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VJR6-9PB : 27 November 2014), Perry Demorist, 27 May 1923; derived from "Arkansas, Death Index, 1914-1950," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2005); a multigenerational derivative citing Division of Vital Records, Arkansas Department of Health, Arkansas Death Index, 1914-1950 (Arkansas: Arkansas Genealogical Society).
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDN5-18B : accessed 5 February 2018), Perry Demorest in household of Ervin L Demorest, Sulphur Springs, Howard, Arkansas, United States; citing ED 21, sheet 6B, line 98, family 104, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 64; FHL microfilm 1,820,064.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MKVG-L77 : accessed 5 February 2018), Perry Demerest, Ozark, Polk, Arkansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 112, sheet 12A, family 223, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 61; FHL microfilm 1,374,074.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Perry by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Perry: