Click here to view Bill Perkins’ funeral service.
After a Community Prayer Vigil was held earlier in the week at the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State Building on 125th Street, on Thursday May 25th, a service was held for the recently deceased City Councilman, State Senator, and Harlem advocate Bill Perkins.
The wake and funeral services for the late Harlem politician took place at Rev. Michael Walrond’s First Corinthian Baptist Church.
Attendees included his family and friends, political representatives, colleagues and associates including: his wife Pamela Green Perkins, former Rep. Charles Rangel, Assemblywoman Inez Dickens, Mayor Eric Adams, State Senator Cordell Cleare, and members of the Exonerated Five: Kevin Richardson, Raymond Santana, Kory Wise, and Yusef Salaam.
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Perkins, a colon cancer survivor and noted marathon runner, died at his Harlem home on May 16. He served in the City Council representing Harlem’s 9th District from 1998 to 2005 and again from 2017 to 2021. He represented the 30th District in Harlem in the State Senate from 2007 to 2017.
Perkins was interred at Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery in New Jersey.
In lieu of flower, Perkins’ family is requesting donations be sent in his honor to CaringKind, The Heart of Alzheimer’s Caregiving, 360 Lexington Avenue, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10017. Click here to donate.
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