Sue Albright Perry

A memorial celebrating the life of Sue Ella Albright Perry, 90, of Tyler, is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 31, at Tyler’s Stewart Family Funeral Home chapel, with the Rev. Dr. Randy Fitzgerald officiating. A private burial will follow at Tyler Memorial Park Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, March 30, at the funeral home. Mrs. Perry went home to her Lord on March 29, 2010, in Tyler, the city she had called home since 1947. She was born Oct. 27, 1919, to Rufus Ambrose and Nancy Carolynn Albright in the Brushy Creek community of Anderson County, spending her childhood in the Athens area and attending Athens High School. Her life forever would be changed at age 18 by an afternoon in a Henderson County pea patch, where she met Raymond Lee Perry of Murchison. They married Nov. 24, 1937, raising two sons together and remaining at each others’ side until Mr. Perry passed away in March 1998. She devoted her long life to making a home for her family, surrounded by five grandchildren and the numerous close friends who were a fixture in the Perry household. Expressing her devout faith as a member of Park Heights Baptist Church for almost 30 years, she also found ample time for her range of hobbies including gardening, culinary creations, and arts and crafts. Mrs. Perry will be laid to rest beside her husband of 60 years. She also was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Billy and Edwin Albright; and sister, Belle Albright Reynolds. Mrs. Perry is survived by her sister, Jane Albright Malone of Tyler; sons and daughters-in-law, Larry and Nelda Perry of Lake Palestine, and Ronnie and Bette Perry of Tyler; grandchildren and spouses, Chris and Rena Perry, and Donna Perry and Christian Buderer, all of Austin, Mike and Janna Perry of Jacksonville, Fla., Jon Perry of Tyler and Tim Perry of Houston; and numerous nieces and nephews. She also experienced the joy of welcoming two great-grandchildren, Wyatt Buderer and Rowan Perry, before her passing. Pallbearers are Jeff Albright, Phil Albright, Ray Blevins, Mark Malone, Floyd Perry and Lloyd Perry. If desired, memorials in Mrs. Perry’s honor may be made to P.A.T.H., 402 West Front St., Tyler, Texas 75702-8025. For more information or to express condolences visit www.stewartfamilyfuneral.com

Sue Albright Perry

October 27, 1919 - March 29, 2010