Betty Dawn Perkison

Weir Betty Dawn Perkison Weir, owner of Perkison Jewelry in Daingerfield, former president of the Daingerfield Chamber of Commerce, former member of the Daingerfield Economic Development Board, and respected retail merchant in the Daingerfield community, passed away peacefully in her home on March 25, in Daingerfield, at the age of 62 after a three-year battle with cancer. Born April 9, 1951, in Hope, Ark. to Truman Perkison and Muriel Kennedy Perkison, Betty Dawn graduated from Daingerfield High School and attended Stephen F. Austin University in Nacogdoches. Betty Dawn grew up working in her father’s jewelry store which has been in business in Daingerfield since 1953. Eventually, she purchased the business which has been the cornerstone of Daingerfield Main Street Commerce. She successfully ran her business, was nominated for numerous community awards and recognitions, and survived a previous battle with breast cancer; several of those years as a single mother. She became very involved in business and civic projects for Daingerfield and a partner in several businesses in Daingerfield and Lone Star, as well as owning and managing a successful farm in Daingerfield with her husband, Timothy Weir. Betty Dawn has proven herself a devoted Christian, an innovative business woman, loving wife, and exceptional mother. Her creativity, determination, and strength have been an inspiration to many lives. Betty Dawn was preceded in death by her parents. She is survived by her husband, Tim; her brother and sister-in-law Bill Perkison and Patricia Dulin Perkison of Georgetown, and their sons; her daughter and son-in-law, Leslie Griffin Phillips and Douglas Phillips of Keller; her son and daughter-in-law Bryan Griffin and Tricia Dadivas Griffin of Allen; her step-daughter Alison Weir of Rockford, Ill.; and her grandchildren, Blake and Bailey Phillips and Lake and Noah Griffin. Visitation and celebration of her life will be held Friday, March 28, at Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs, from 7 to 9 p.m. Services will be held Saturday, March 29, at the First Baptist Church of Daingerfield, at 10 a.m. with the Rev. Don Ross of the First Baptist Church and the Rev. Tim Williams of the First United Pentecostal Church officiating. Burial will follow at Daingerfield Cemetery under the direction of Reeder-Davis Funeral Home in Hughes Springs. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society, First Baptist Church of Daingerfield, or Next Level Pentecostal Church. Online condolences may be left at www.reeder-davis.com.