Thelma “Pearl” Brunson

April 6, 1910 – March 4, 1999

Pearl Haskins, 88, Perry, formerly of Billings, died at 2:15 p.m. Thursday, March 4, 1999, at Perry Memorial Hospital.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Christian Church with Rev. Lynn Scott, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill Cemetery under direction of Brown-Sisson Funeral Home.

Mrs. Haskins was the daughter of Walter and Dorothy (Baker) Brunson and was born April 6, 1910, at Robinson, IL. She and Loy Harold Haskins were married in March, 1939.

Mrs. Haskins was a former teacher who had taught at Billings and was one of the original teachers at Rose Hill School in Noble County.

She was a member of the First Christian Church.

In addition to her husband, survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Carol Sue and Roy Womack, Bethany, and Mary Aim and Rob DiBlasio, Amelia Island, FL; two granddaughters, Cynthia Suzanne Reddout and Kristina Barnett; two grandsons, Rob DiBlasio and Mark DiBlasio; four great-grandchildren, one sister, Marjorie Tate, McAlester; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by one sister, Pauline Hunt.