Elder Perry H. Miers' Obituary
Funeral services for Elder Perry H. Miers, 81, of Anacoco, Louisiana, will be held at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, June 25, 2011, at Labby Memorial Funeral Home in Leesville with Elder Bruce Ward and Elder Gerald Read officiating. Graveside services will be at 4:00 p.m., Saturday, June 25th, at Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe, LA, under the direction of Labby Memorial Funeral Home of Leesville.
Visitation will be held from 2 pm - 8 pm, Friday, June 24th and on Saturday, June 25th, from 8 am until time of service at the funeral home.
Perry, the son of Ben E. and Hazel Evans Miers, was born on February 8, 1930, in Rattan, Louisiana. He passed away on Wednesday, June 22, 2011, in Leesville, LA. He graduated from Pisgah High School in 1947 and from NSU in 1957. He served in the Air Force for 4 years. Mr. Miers worked for 31 years for E.R. Squibb Pharmaceutical in Monroe, LA. After retiring in 1992, he moved to Anacoco, LA, in 1994, where he became President of Anacoco Water System Board of Director as well as its licensed water operator and served them for 16 years until he suffered a bad fall & was injured in December 2008. He has resided at The Woodlands Nursing Home in Leesville since that time. Mr. Miers was ordained as an Elder into Primitive Baptist Church in 1968 & served churches in Monroe, Oak Grove, Ringgold and Rosepine Louisiana for over 40 years. He was a member, as well as Honorary Pastor, at Shiloh Baptist Church in Rosepine at the time of his death.
He was preceded in death by his father, Ben E. Miers; mother, Hazel Evans Miers; infant daughter, Sonya Gail Miers and brother, Sidney Sherman Miers.
He is survived by his wife of 22 years, LaVerne Miers of Anacoco, LA; sons, Gary Jerome Miers of Monroe, LA, Benny Ray Miers & wife Patricia Ann of Willis, TX, Sherman Allen Miers & wife Teresa of Calhoun, LA & Glenn David Miers & wife Katie of Swartz, LA; brother, Benny Rance Miers & wife Marie of Shreveport, LA; step-children, Mickie Humphries of Tioga, LA, Paul Humphries of Atlanta, GA & Ray Humphries of Acworth, GA; 9 grandchildren and 2 great grandchildren.
Pallbearers will be Dale Miers, Truman Miers, Pat Miers, Ottis Ray Goins, Marion Van Tassel & Ralph Causey.
In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church, P.O. Box 765 Rosepine, LA 70659.
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