six brothers, Sponge Lee (Deborah) Perkins, Larry Darnell (Carolyn) Perkins, all of St. Louis, Missouri, Ray Otha Perkins of Blytheville, Arkansas, Jerry Glenn Perkins of Jonesboro, Arkansas, Joe Edward (Angelia) Perkins, Michael Jerome Perkins, both of Blytheville, Arkansas; 12 sisters, Lois (Mussa) Muhammad, Velma Jean Anderson, both of South Bend, Indiana, Naomi (Allan) Ealy, Zellina Anderson, Shirley Mae Bishop, Sirvonue (Sam) Neal, Alfreda (Ernest) Williams, Julia Ann (Broderick) Taylor, Juanita (Roscoe) Lowe, all of St. Louis, Missouri, Ora Lee (Kenneth) Snell of Atlanta, Georgia, Mary Alice (Delney) Persaud and Legusta Rene Love, both of St. Louis, Missouri

deceased: brother, Willie C. Perkins; his sisters, Carolyn Perkins and Sylvia Perkins