Emma Elizabeth Perry, 84

CAMBRIDGE - Emma Elizabeth Perry, 84, passed away on Monday, May 19, 2008 at Peninsula Regional Medical Center, Salisbury.

Mrs. Perry was born May 13, 1924 in Randleman, N.C., daughter of the late Ida Street. She was raised by her grandparents, Matthew and Minnie Evans. Emma moved to Cambridge at an early age and later in life was united in Holy Matrimony to the late Robert H. Perry in 1947.

She was employed within the local factories in the Cambridge area until along with her husband, established their own business, Perry's Vault Company in Cambridge.

Mrs. Perry was a faithful member of Bethel AME Church for many years until her health started to fail. She was a member of Stewardess Board #2, Homecoming Committee, Stewardship and Finance Committee, Tribe of Levi, Emergency Board, Homecoming Queen in 2004 and served as Church Treasure for many years after the death of her husband.

She was known to all as the "Queen of Pie Making." Everyone loved her sweet potato pies.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Winfred Lee Evans and Thomas Street of North Carolina.

Mrs. Perry is survived by her only son, Theodore R. Bisho, Jr. (Barbara); a sister, Ida Neal (Winston Salem, NC); a sister-in-law, Mary Evans (Randleman, NC); 10 grandchildren, Constance Lewis (Harrisburg, Pa.), Gwen Bishop (Seaford, Del.), Sandra Johnson (Anaheim, Calif.), Yvonne and Rosalind Johnson (Laurel, Md.) and Vicky Johnson (Cambridge), Carrars Deshields (Dilinda), Lewes, Del., Anthony Johnson (Yolanda), Laurel, Md. and Hayward and Medgar Johnson (Cambridge); 26 great-grandchildren and a number of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, at Bethel AME Church, 623 Pine St., Cambridge, with a viewing two hours prior to the services. Burial will be held on Saturday at 10 a.m. in Bethel Cemetery, Bayly Road, Cambridge.

The Henry Funeral Home, PA in Cambridge is handling the arrangements.

Letters of condolence may be sent to www.henryfuneralhomepa.com