The Topeka Daily Capital Sunday October 7, 1951 Roy Francis Perkins. Roy Francis PERKINS, 53, died Saturday after a long illness at the home of his son, Floyd Perkins, 3219 Minnesota. He was born in Keytesville, Mo., February 14, 1898, and has lived here for the past five years. He was employed here by serveral Topeka florists. He was a member of Eagle Lodge 1423, Berkeley, Calif. Perkins is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Velma Rice of Keytesville and Mrs. Lucille Johnson of Houston, Texas; two sons, Kenneth of Keytesville and Ernest of Salisbury, Mo.; two sisters, Mrs. Etta White, Kansas City, Mo.; and Mrs. Hetta Drew, Salt Lake, City, and 10 grandchildren.