Jeannette Frances Perkins

November 23, 1931 - February 11, 2022

Jeannette Perkins now joins her husband Dave, mother and father in heaven. She passed away on February 11, 2022, from complications after a fall along with Alzheimer. She had a great life, and was a stunning beauty up until her death at age 90, Born to an immigrant mother from France and her father a native Californian. They raised her in San Francisco and she attended Presentation High School. She moved to Georgia when she was in her 50's and loved the south and the kindness of southern lifestyle. She modeled for I Magnums in San Francisco in the 1950's, She always kept herself physically fit, and she took great pride to be able to dance and walk fast, all unassisted at her age of 90. She was extremely artistic and loved her many hobbies, quilting, advanced knitting, cake decorating, oil painting, gardening, gourmet cooking (her husband Dave said she could make a gourmet meal with a hot dog). She learned how to water ski and snow ski and ride a dirt bike in her 50's, figure skating in her teens, and in her 60's took her first solo flight in her husbands plane. She was a keypunch operator in the 1970's, worked in many retail gift shops and a few bakeries all in San Francisco. She moved to Waleska Georgia with her husband Dave in her 50's.They built a home together, played golf, water sports and they traveled to most of our National Parks in their motor home. She loved her country and took pride in flying the American Flag in front of her home. She was not afraid to work and always enjoyed every job she had. No moss grew under her she was a doer. When she was in her early 70's she was bored from playing golf and went to work at a Walmart, folding clothes and helping others 2 days a week and loved it. She had beauty, grace and class, poised in her presence, good manners and not afraid to say what she wanted to say. She leaves behind three children, four grandchildren and three great grandchild