The Knott County Historical & Genealogical Society & Library, Inc., is collecting the memorabilia, reminiscences, anecdotes, etc. on the late Congressman Carl D. Perkins, to be housed in the Society's Museum for Congressman Carl D. Perkins. Please feel free to send you writings to us at the addresses below. CARL DEWEY PERKINS was born in Hindman, Knott County, KY, October 15, 1912; son of James E. and Dora Calhoun Perkins; attended the Knott County grade schools, Hindman High School, Caney Junior College (now Alice Lloyd College), Lees Junior College, and was graduated from Jefferson School of Law (now the University of Louisville Law School), Louisville, KY, in 1935; was admitted to the bar in 1935 and commenced practice of law in Hindman, KY; in 1939 served an unexpired term as commonwealth attorney from the thirty-first judicial district; married Verna Johnson, teacher, 1939, one son, Carl Christopher Perkins; member of Kentucky General Assembly from the ninety-ninth district in 1940; elected Knott County attorney in 1941, reelected in 1945, and resigned January 1, 1948, to become counsel for Department of Highways, Frankfort, KY; during World War II enlisted in the United States Army and saw service in the European Theater, participating in the battles of northern France, the Ardennes, and Rhineland, and central Europe; Southern Baptist; elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-first Congress; reelected to the eighteen succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1949 - January 3, 1985); no Kentuckian had served as long in the Congress; chairman, Committee on Education and Labor, 1967-1984; authored, sponsored, or supported the following legislation: Elementary and Secondary Education Act, Vocational Education Act, Coal and Mine Health and Safety Act, and Occupational Safety and Health Act; was a resident of Hindman, KY until his death August 3, 1984 in Lexington, KY; interment in Perkins Cemetery, Leburn, KY. From: Carl D. Perkins: Late A Representative From Kentucky, Memorial Addresses Delivered in the Congress, 98th Congress, Second Session, p.vii. Knott County Historical & Genealogical Society & Library, Inc. 147 Carew Drive, Duke's Branch P.O. Box 1023 Hindman, Ky. 41822 606-785-5751 (24 hr. answering service) 606-785-0700 (FAX) knothist@tgtel.com http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Oracle/5471