Albert Gillespie Peery (1908 - 1993)

Ancestors

Died 7 Sep 1993 at age 84 in Virginia, United States

Biography

Albert was born in 1908. He was the son of George C. Peery and Nancy Gillespie. His bio from his Findagrave, which was published in a Roanoke paper:

The Honorable Albert Gillespie Perry, 84, of Tazewell, died Tuesday, September 7, 1993, at his home. Born in Tazewell, Va., he was a son of the late Governor George C. Peery and Nancy Gillespie Peery. He was educated in the Tazewell County Public Schools and graduated from Washington & Lee University in the law class of 1932. He began his private law practice in Tazewell that same year and was named to the bench in 1935, as Trial Justice for Tazewell. Later in his career, he was named District Judge for Tazewell and Bland Counties and retired from that court in 1977. Judge Perry was a member of the Tazewell Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death by one brother, George C. Perry Jr. Survivors include his wife, Agnes Junkin Peery; one sister, Mrs. Claud (Nancy) Whitley of Richmond; one daughter, Nettie Perry Green of Wilmington, Del.; three sons, George J. Peery of Asheville, N.C., Albert G. (Pete) Peery Jr. of Matthews, N.C. and F. Campbell Peery of Winston-Salem, N.C.; eight grandchildren. Memorial services will be conducted Thursday, September 9, at 11 a.m. at the Tazewell Presbyterian Church. Memorial contributions may be made to the Tazewell Presbyterian Church, designated to Global Missions. Peery & St. Clair Funeral Home in Tazewell, Va. is in charge of the arrangements.

He passed away in 1993.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Find A Grave Memorial 111957541