MS HR93

House Resolution 93 mourns the death of former State Representative Felix Edwin "Ed" Perry, who passed away on January 15, 2019, after serving 32 years in the Mississippi House of Representatives for House District 12 in Lafayette County.

Perry served as Chairman of the House Appropriations, Constitution, Judiciary "A," Judiciary En Banc and Municipalities Committees, and as a long-time member of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee during his legislative career.

Perry earned recognition for championing 1996 legislation to authorize 32 new assistant district attorneys and additional criminal investigators, and for using his position as Appropriations Chair to advocate for public education and the state's eight public universities.

Perry also served as Oxford City attorney for 19 years and Lafayette County Board of Education attorney for 12 years, was elected Clerk of the House for 2000-2004, and received honors including recognition for 50 years as a licensed attorney and a street named after him in Oxford.

The resolution expresses deepest sympathy to Perry's family and survivors, including daughters Melissa Dooley and Martha Perry, sister Susan Moore, brother Dr. Ronald Perry, and others.