Woodville Republican published ?? July, 1997 "From the files of the Republican" 25 years ago......1972 Shad Perry, Sr. 86 year old resident of Crosby, passed away---Burial was in the Perry Cemetery. [Shad, husband of my aunt ,Emma Ashley Perry, died the 17th July 1972. He was buried on his own property, the first one buried there. The cemetery is listed as Perry 1 in the Woodville Civic Club cemetery book. His son, Pharaoh, died in 1974 and was also buried there, as was Aunt Emma in 1984. Shad did not live in Crosby. He lived on the Perrytown Road west of Rosetta. His mailing address was Crosby.]