LANCASTER, SC~ Mrs. Perry Lee Emory, age 84, passed away on March 24, 2020 at White Oak Manor of Lancaster, SC.  She was born on April 1,1935 in Lancaster, South Carolina.

Perry Lee graduated from Lancaster Senior High School in 1955 and was the Homecoming Queen in that same year.  She enjoyed school, was an honor student and loved socializing with her friends. She was a member of various clubs and activities during her school years.  She also married the love of her life, Eldridge Robert Emory, Jr. after high school graduation. They were married for 64 wonderful years.

She worked at Springs Customer Service Center in the Personnel Department before becoming a full-time homemaker in the mid-sixties. She was a Charter Member of Immanuel Baptist Church and a devoted Sunday School teacher.  Perry Lee absolutely loved teaching her Sunday School class and loved the three generations of children she taught for over seventy years. Traveling with her family and with her church gave her incredible joy. She loved her family and friends very much. Perry Lee was a wonderful wife, mother, sister, aunt, mother-in-law, grandmother, and Nanna.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Kathy LeAnn Emory; parents, Perry D. Faile and Ella Adams Faile; brother, Donnie "Fuzzy Faile"; and sister, Edith Faile Gheant.

Perry Lee is survived by her husband Eldridge Robert Emory, Jr.; son Rob Emory and daughter-in-law Lisa Emory of Lancaster; daughter Christi Brewer and son-in-law Mike Brewer of Winston Salem, NC; and two grandsons; Zach Emory of Little River, SC;  Max Emory and his wife, Sedona Emory of San Clemente, CA.

The family will have a private Celebration of Life Service for Perry Lee.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial contributions be made to the Children's Department at Immanuel Baptist Church, 1152 Great Falls Rd, Lancaster, SC.