WILLA DEAN POUGH WAS ONE OF 12 CHILDREN BORN ON AUGUST 17, 1932 IN ORANGEBURG, SC TO MOTHER BESSIE (PARLOR) OERRY AND STEP-FATHER, ALEX PERRY, JR.
WILLA MARRIED THE LATE CHARLIE POUGH IN 1955. THIS UNION WAS BLESSED WITH SIX CHILDREN. THEY MOVED TO THE ALPINES IN AVON PARK DURING THE 1960'S WHERE SHE WAS A MIGRANT WORKER.
WILLA WAS A LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE CHURCH OF GOD BY FAITH IN AVON PARK, FLORIDA BEFORE JOINING THE NEW ZION TEMPLE HOLINESS CHURCH, UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF THE LAET BISHOP LUCIOUS MCCRAY AND PASTOR ANTHONY GORDON.
WILLA TRANSITIONED FROM THIS LIFE ON TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020. SHE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY: HER HUSBAND, CHARLIE POUGH; MOTHER, BESSIE PERRY; STEP-FATHER, ALEX PERRY, JR.; FOUR SISTERS, SHELDONIA MACK, ANNIE ISHMAEL, THELMA MORGAN AND EMMA PERRY LYON; TWO BROTHERS, WILLIE CLAY PERRY AND ANDREW PERRY.
SHE LEAVES TO CHERISH HER MEMORIES SIX CHILDREN:
CHRISTINE WILLIAMS (LORENZO), CHARLIE POUGH (TONYA), LARRY POUGH (MARY), ETHEL MASON (MARCELLUS), LISA POUGH (WESLEY), KATHERINE POUGH (ALLEN).
14 GRANDCHILDREN:
LORENZO WILLIAMS, JR., TANECEIA POUGH, CRYSTAL POUGH, LARRY POUGH, JR., CHARLIE POUGH, JR., SERGIO POUGH, KATRINA POUGH, CHARVIS POUGH, CHASMIN POUGH, CASSANDRA MASON, MAURICE RIVERS, ALONZO ROBERTSON III, DAVANTE POUGH, KYRA MASON; 36 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN AND 1 GREAT GREAT GRANDCHILD.
SISTER, LOUISE BROWN (JIMMY); SISTER-IN-LAW, MAXINE PERRY (PAT)' BROTHERS, ROBERT PERRY, THOMAS PERRY (GEORGIA), NATHANIEL PERRY (ANNIE MAE), CECIL PERRY (THERESA) AND A HOST OF NEICES, NEPHEWS AND SPECIAL FRIENDS.
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