Mr. Perry Harvey Biddle, 99, of Pineview Lakes died Feb. 25, 1993, at home. Funeral is 2 p.m. Saturday at First Presbyterian Church in DeFuniak Springs, Fla., with the Rev. Henry Mooney officiating. Burial will be in Magnolia Cemetery in DeFuniak Springs with Clary-Godwin Funeral Home in charge. Barron Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
Mr. Biddle, a Presbyterian minister for 66 years, was a member of Harmony Presbytery of Presbyterian Church (USA) for 45 years. He served rural churches in Sumter County, Ala., Harnett County, N.C., and Sumter County. A World War I Army veteran, he was a member of Hamassah Shrine Temple, Manville Masonic Lodge, Bishopville Order of the Eastern Star in DeFuniak Springs. A 1923 graduate of Davidson College, he was a 1926 graduate of Union Theological Seminary in Richmond.
Survivors are his son, Perry Biddle Jr. of Nashville; daughter, Mrs. Stella Fitzgerald; four grandchildren; a great-grandchild.
Memorials may be made to the Fund for Retired Ministers, New Harmony Presbytery, P.O. Box 4025, Florence S.C. 29502 or to Agnes Scott College, Daisy & P.H. Biddle Scholarship Fund, Decatur, Ga., 30030.
[Source: The Charlotte Observer, February 2, 1926, Page 66]
[Burial: Magnolia Cemetery, DeFuniak Springs]