Father Francis Marion Perry, S.M., S.T.B., J.C.B., M.A., assistant pastor of St. Joseph’s Church, Marietta, has received word from Marist Provincial of the Washington Province that he has been appointed assistant pastor in the parish of St. Vincent de Paul in Wheeling, West Virginia.

A native of Richmond, Virginia, Father started his elementary education in Gordonsville, Virginia, and finished it at Sacred Heart in Atlanta. After a year at Marist he entered the Seminary in Washington in 1915, and was ordained at St. Dominic’s, Washington, D.C. June 17, 1925. After teaching four years in the Marist Seminaries in Washington, D.C. and Langhorne, Pennsylvania, he came back to his adopted Georgia.

He served at the Marist College, Atlanta, 1929-1932; St. Francis Xavier parish, Brunswick, 1932-1941, the last six years as pastor; Holy Name of Mary parish, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1941-1942; Sacred Heart parish, Atlanta, July 1942-July 1958; and St. Joseph’s, Marietta, July 1958-August 1963.

In addition to his general parish duties, Father Perry has always been active with the Knights of Columbus. Besides being local chaplain here in Marietta and elsewhere, he also served as the state chaplain for five years.

Many converts around Atlanta will remember Father Perry for the weekly inquiry classes at Sacred Heart which he established.

Father Clarence J. Biggers, pastor at St. Joseph’s Parish, announces that a farewell reception is being held for Father Perry next Sunday, August 11, in the St. Joseph’s cafeteria in Marietta from 7:30 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Father’s many friends in the metropolitan area are invited to attend. Father Perry plans on leaving Marietta soon after August 18.