James Maryland Perkins was born in Caswell County, NC to Jimmy Perkins and Sarah Smithey Perkins.
He was the husband Dorothy Stanley and the father of Larry Perkins, Daniel Perkins, Linda Rickman and the brother of Ralph Perkins, J.C. Perkins, Roy Perkins, Floyd Perkins, Raymond Perkins, Sadie Lynch, Rachel Lewis and Nancy Odell.
He retired from Cone Mills and was a minister.
He loved hunting, fishing, gardening, singing and playing any stringed instrument.
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