Sylvia Howell Stuart Perkins

Mrs. Sylvia Howell Stuart Perkins, age 90, of Gautier, MS, passed away on Friday, March 25, 2016, in Gautier. Mrs. Perkins was a native of Oak Grove MS, former longtime resident of Hattiesburg, MS and a resident of Gautier for the past 20 years. She was a member of the FBC of Gautier. She was preceded in death by her first husband, A. Paul Stuart, her second husband, Aubrey Perkins and a son, Jonathan Paul Stuart. Survivors include a daughter, Debra Stuart Gautier, son, Jimmy D. (Carole) Stuart, seven grandchildren, Amber Haywood, Jacob Gautier, Josh Gautier, Leigh Skrnich, Christopher M.P. Stuart, Joseph Stuart and Daniel Stuart, fourteen great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. Visitation will be on Monday, March 28, from 10am until 11am, with an 11am church service, all at the FBC of Gautier. Burial will be later that day at 3pm in Highland Park Cemetery in Hattiesburg. The Ocean Springs Chapel of Bradford O'Keefe Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.