Perry Eugene Gilbert

VICKSBURG, Miss. (VDN) — Funeral services for Perry Eugene Gilbert were held Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the Zion Traveler Baptist Church at 2 p.m. Reverend Renee Young officiated and interment followed at the Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of W. H. Jefferson Funeral Home. Visitation was held on Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the funeral home from 5p.m. until 6 p.m. 

Gilbert, a Vicksburg resident, passed away Friday, Sept. 19, in the Merit Health River Region Medical Center following a brief illness.  He was 63.  He was a retired mechanic.

He was preceded in death by his parents Joe Leonard and Mary Janes Gilbert,  and his daughter Crystal Foster.

He is survived by his wife Yolanda Gilbert; his sons Tony Clark, Perry Gilbert, Jr., Parnell Jordan, James Foster, and Cory Bolls; his daughters Elnora Winston, and Dominique Foster; his brother Michael Gilbert; and sister Anna Gilbert; and nine grandchildren.