Rev. George Fred Perry, retired minister, 98, passed away peacefully at Bay Side Home, Barrington, Nova Scotia on Tuesday, December 27, 2016. George was born September 3, 1918, in Bear Point, NS, to Frederick M. C. Perry and Ina E. Cook Perry. George married Edith Joyce Lucille Greenwood on December 31, 1938. George was a Nova Scotia fisherman and then became a minister. He held pastorates in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, New York, Illinois, South Carolina and Florida. For many years, George was a pastor of a church in South Carolina, but in 1995, he accepted the pastorship of the Advent Christian Church in Bear Point and George and Edith returned to their birthplaces. George also served in the Canadian Army and was stationed in Newfoundland in 1944.

He is survived by sons, Rodney C. Perry and his wife, Marcia, Williamson, New York; Gary M. Perry and his wife, Margaret, Bowdoinham, Maine; Eric T. Perry and his wife, Alice, Hallowell, Maine; daughter, Dora Perry Breland, Walterboro, South Carolina; eight grandsons; nine granddaughters, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren; and his sister, Margaret and her husband, John Cameron, Shag Harbour, NS. George was predeceased by his wife, Edith, February 13, 2002; and son, Jackie G. Perry, June 25, 2005.

Memorial donations may be made to the Advent Christian Church, Bear Point.