Unknown Publication, June 1968 Elmer Clay Perkins, an Iberia automobile dealer since 1929, died Sunday, June 9, 1968, at Memorial Hospital in Jefferson City. He was 73 years of age. Mr. Perkins was born Feb. 15, 1895 near Iberia, the son of Melvin and Adeline (Cross) Perkins. He was married June 24, 1925, in Iberia to Jessie Irwin who survives. He left Iberia at the age of 18, and worked in St. Louis as a fireman on the Terminal railroad until he joined the Navy in World War I. On Sept. 11, 1929, Mr. Perkins and Earl Irwin formed a Chevrolet dealership and garage. Mr. Irwin retired in 1942, and sold out to Bob Law, and the dealership was sthen known as Perkins and Law. They later obtained the Phillips 66 oil distributorship. Mr. Perkins was a member of the United Church of Christ Congregational Christian where he had served on the board of trustees for several years. He was a former school board member, and a past master of the Iberia Masonic Lodge, No. 410, AF&AM. He also had been active with Iberia American Legion Post 105. In addition to his wife of the home in Iberia, Mr. Perkins is survived by one son, Bob Perkins of Iberia; four grandchildren and four brothers, Roy Perkins, Willard Perkins and Arthur Perkins all of Iberia and Albert Perkins of St. Louis. A daughter, Ruth Ann died in 1929. Funeral services for Mr. Perkins were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Congregational Christian Church in Iberia with the Rev. Earl Brown officiating. Burial was in the Iberia Cemetery under the direction of the Stevinson Funeral Home of Iberia. Masonic rites were conducted at 9 p.m. Monday at the Stevinson Chapel in Iberia. Active pallbearers were Bob Law, Frank Dickerson, Gene Fritchey, Okley Kinder, Paul Steen, and Theodore Woolery. Honorary pallbearers were Oliver Abbett, Ralph Newhart, Herman Skaggs Jack White, Siegal Humphrey and William Hixenbaugh.