Gayle Perkins

TYLER, Texas - Gayle Perkins, 81, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on Dec. 24, 2018, at Hospice of East Texas in Tyler.

Gayle was born in Jacksonville, Fla., on March 26, 1937, to Andrew Bascom Strange and Lucy Estelle Ryals. She was a faithful and active member of Memorial Christian Church and Dogwood Hills Baptist Church during her years in Palestine. Her love of Christ was evident to all who knew her. She was a joyful, loving and generous person, and every- one she met was a friend.

Gayle was preceded in death by her father, Andrew Bascom Strange; mother, Lucy Foraker; daughter,...