Helen Thibeaux Perry

Home-going services will be held for Helen Thibeaux Perry, 97, on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at 11 a.m. at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Abbeville. 
Visitation will begin at 9 a.m. until the time of service. 
Rev. Irving J. Simpson will officiate the services. She will be laid to rest at St. Mary Magdalen Cemetery, located at 410 Old Kaplan Highway in Abbeville.
Helen, or “NanNan,” as she was affectionately called by many, was born on February 15, 1927, to Ernest Thibeaux and Syrilla Joiner Thibeaux. 
She was the oldest girl of nine children. She often told stories of the wonderful times she had with her siblings.
Helen loved life, and she loved people.
She was a faithful member of the Macedonia Baptist  Church, where she served on the Mission Board and singing in the church choir. 
She married Morris Perry of Abbeville and became a dedicated wife and mother of five children. 
She instilled in those children a love for our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, and taught them how to love unconditionally. She was also a second mother to all her children’s children.
Mrs. Perry attended the Abbeville Training School. She worked as a cafeteria technician for the Vermilion Parish School System for 23 years and retired in 1986.
She is survived by and will be sorely missed by her children, Ella Henderson (Wendell), Clara Perry, Kenneth “Keno” Perry,  Julie Andrus (Patrick), Byron Perry (Meredith); her brother, Claude Thibdeaux (Linda); and her grandchildren, Shannon Campbell, Derrick Perry, Helene Williams, Brandon Andrus,  Jerrick Andrus, Dion Perry, Brooke Perry, Kennedi Perry, and her foster grandchild, Doreen Mouton; her 11 great-grandchildren; and her nieces, nephews and other dear relatives for friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband of 39 years, Morris Perry; her parents, Ernest and Syrilla Joiner Thibeaux; a grandson, Michael Davis Jr.; her brothers, Herman, Alfred and Ezekiel Thibeaux; and her sisters, Hilda Shelvin, Wilma Green, Clementine Thibdeaux and Betty Grogan.
All funeral arrangements are being conducted by Kinchen Funeral Home, Inc., 218 North Saint Valerie Street, Abbeville, 70510 (phone number