Pike County Obituary.. Perry Leon Fortune 1987
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Unknown Northwest Florida Newspaper
Lewis Funeral Home
Fortune Born 5-9-1898-Died 11-19-1987

MILTON - Perry Leon Fortune 89, of Milton, 
died Thursday morning after a lengthy illness.

Mr. Fortune was a native and lifelong resident of Santa Rosa County. 
He was a member of the First Assembly of God Church of Milton and 
taught the Young Adults Sunday School Class in that church for 30 years. 
He was a member of the Santa Rosa Masonic Lodge 16 F & AM.

Family members include a son and daughter-in-law, Edmund and 
Ruthie Fortune of Pace; two daughters and sons-in-law, 
Mary and Edward Grant of Fort Walton Beach, Betty and 
A. C. Tomlinson of Pensacola; a brother Thomas Fortune of Crestview; 
and a sister, Vannie Booker of Pensacola.

Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday in the chapel of 
Lewis Funeral Home with the Rev. T. Fred Rogers officiating.

Burial will be in Serenity Gardens Cemetery with Lewis Funeral Home 
in charge of arrangements.

Pallbearers will be: F. M. (Bubba) Fisher, W. L. Butler, Howard Barnes, 
Albert Golden, W. T. Stewart, H. S. Henderson, Pasco Gibson, and Dr. Rufus Thames.

**Notes** Although it indicated he was a lifelong resident of Santa Rosa County, 
he did spend a little time in south Florida. He worked on the Tamiami Trail 
which was the first paved road across the Florida Everglades and it linked Tampa 
and Miami.
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