Bonnie Jean (Adkins) Perdue

Bonnie Jean (Adkins) Perdue ,97, died on January 7, 2025 at Tranquility Hospice in Marietta, GA
Born in Sciotoville, Ohio October 13, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Harry and
Dorothy (Alexander) Adkins.
Bonnie is preceded in death by husband Roy Perdue and son Roy David Perdue as well
as siblings Bertie Riley, Zelma Bennett, Stanley Adkins, and Harry Adkins.
She is a member of Acworth UMC (GA). She has lived in many states, the latest being
Georgia where her daughter resides.
Bonnie graduated from Minford HS in 1945. She was a member of the P.E.O.
organization as well as Beta Sigma Phi Sorority where she held the 50+ Master’s Degree and
had received the Golden Circle Ritual.
For 18 years she was the Director of Volunteer Services at St. Francis Medical Center in
Cape Girardeau, MO where she was instrumental in developing the volunteer program. She was
very active at the state level as a leader and officer in the Missouri Association of Volunteer
Administrators.
Surviving is a sister Anna B. Adkins Cardenas (Arturo) of Portsmouth, OH; sister-in-law
Brenda Adkins, Portsmouth, Ohio; daughter Deborah Jean Greening (Horace “Jocko”) Acworth,
GA; son John Ellis Perdue (Faith), Virginia Beach, VA; and daughter-in-law Susan Perdue Benton
(Tom)of Cape Girardeau, MO. Also surviving are four grandchildren-Daniel Greening (Tamisa),
Christopher Greening (ToniAnn), Benjamin Greening (Lauren), Abby Perdue, 8 great
grandchildren, and a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews.
Services will be at 11:am on Friday, January 17, 2025 at Brant Funeral Home at 422
Harding Ave, Portsmouth Ohio 45662 with Reverend Robert Alexander officiating. Interment
will be at Wheelersburg Memorial Burial Park. Gathering will begin at 10:00 at Brant’s.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the International Chapter P.O.E. Sisterhood
Scholarship Fund using the following link: https://www.peointernational.org/make-a-gift/ or to
WellStar Tranquility Hospice at the Mountain, 475 Dixon Ave, Marietta, GA 30064