From The National Cathedral-
Washington National Cathedral announced on October 26, 2010, the death of former Cathedral Provost Charles A. Perry, who served the Cathedral as chief pastor, administrator, and fundraiser from 1978 to 1990. Perry is credited with saving the Cathedral from $10.5 million of debt during his tenure and additionally with raising the funds to complete the Cathedral’s construction. He died of a heart attack last weekend while on a trip to Asheville, N.C.; he was 81. His funeral will take place Sunday, October 31, at 3 pm, at St. Paul’s Memorial Church in Charlottesville.
The Rt. Rev. Shannon Johnston, bishop of Virginia, will preside. Perry will later be interred at Washington National Cathedral, at a service to be announced. His wife Joy, his son Russell Keith Perry, daughter Dana Leslie Smith, and five grandchildren survive him.
“The entire Cathedral community mourns not only the loss of such a significant figure in the history of this Cathedral, but also the loss of an extraordinarily faithful priest and leader,” Cathedral Dean Samuel T. Lloyd III said. “We give thanks to God for the resolute leadership and devoted service of Charles Perry, one of the Cathedral’s giants.”
In lieu of flowers, the family encourages donations in his memory to St. Paul’s Memorial Church, Charlottesville, Va., Washington National Cathedral, and Westminster-Canterbury of the Blue Ridge.
http://www.nationalcathedral.org/staff/PE-4TFNN-UP000P.shtml
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