Catherine Shaw Perry passed away peacefully Wednesday, November 22, 2023, in Ponte Vedra, Florida. She was 94 years old.
A graveside funeral service will be held for Mrs. Perry at 12:00 noon on Thursday, November 30, 2023, at Oak Ridge Cemetery, where she will be laid to rest. The Rev. Hugh Ward will officiate.
Born in Laurinburg, North Carolina (Scotland County) on August 24, 1929, she was the daughter of the late Alexander Edwin Shaw, Jr. and Jane McKay Shaw. She graduated from Wagram High School and attended Queens College in Charlotte, North Carolina. In 1951, she graduated from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, where she received a B.A. in Education. Catherine was a member of the Alpha Delta Pi Sorority. She taught school in Mooresville, North Carolina, Rockingham, North Carolina and in Tifton, Georgia.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church in Tifton, Georgia, the Eliza Britt Circle, the Adventurers Sunday School Class and Club 55 of the First United Methodist Church. She was a former member of Dublin, Georgia and Tift Area Board of Realtors. She served as a volunteer for Meals on Wheels for several years. She enjoyed golf, reading, bridge and traveling to the beach and the mountains.
Mrs. Perry was preceded in death by her husband of 49 years, Alexander Gordon Perry, who died on March 17, 2002. She was also preceded in death by her sister, Ann S. Hunter ; her brothers, Daniel N. Shaw and Alexander Edwin Shaw, III; nieces, Jane Hunter and Caroline Beaver; and a nephew, Alexander Edwin Shaw, IV.
Mrs. Perry is survived by her two daughters and one son-in-law, Margaret Ann Perry and Catherine and Les Sutton, all of Jacksonville, Florida; one grandson, Kyle Gordon Sutton; a sister-in-law, Jane Blake Shaw; her nieces, Grace Abrams (Gene) and Lyle Shaw; a nephew, Neil Shaw (Marie); her grand-nephews, Daniel Shaw and Alex Abrams; her grand-niece, Ann Beaver; and Bob Beaver (husband of Caroline Beaver).
The family would like to thank Catherine’s private caregivers, Mina Stockie, Tina Gidado, Massah Mokuwa and Candy Idienumah for their love and care they provided over the years. Also, the support from Community Hospice McGraw Center and Ponte Vedra Gardens Assisted Living.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the First Presbyterian Church of Tifton, P. O. Box 304, Tifton, GA 31793-0304; or Community Hospice McGraw Center, 4715 Worrall Way, Jacksonville, Florida 32224.