Thomas Perkins

Funeral services for Thomas Lee “Dooley” Perkins will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 1, 2025, at Hornbeck First Baptist Church with Reverend Jason Lupo officiating. The burial will follow in Hale Cemetery on Curtis Road in Hornbeck under the direction of Jeane’s Funeral Service. Serving as pallbearers will be Dre’ Alexander, Brady Alexander, Hogan Bennett, Tristin Hackelton, Jared Ridley, and Steven Haug. A visitation will be held at the church on Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service.

Tom was born January 27, 1955, in El Reno, Oklahoma. He passed at home September 29, 2025, in Hornbeck, Louisiana. He was the oldest of six children born of Thomas Lester Perkins and Blanche Ann Kolar Perkins. He was raised in Oklahoma City and moved with his family to DeRidder, Louisiana after he finished high school. Going back and forth a couple times, he finally settled in DeRidder where he married and had two children – Summer Perkins and Mitch Perkins. Later, he married again to Melba Hale and added three more children to his family – Wayne, Carla, and Carmen. After retiring from Ampacet, (where he worked for 28 years), he joined the West Texas and Oklahoma oil fields where he delivered parts to oil rigs. He retired again in 2021. After that Tom moved to Hornbeck where he mowed grass and played with his great-grandbabies.

Tom was preceded in death by his parents, Lester and Blanche Perkins and grandson, Brody Ridley.

Those left to cherish his memory are his wife, Melba Ruth Hale Perkins;

five children, Mitch Perkins, Summer & Tristan Hackelton, Wayne Williams, Carla Alexander, and Carmen & Scooter Alexander;

ten grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren and one on the way;

brothers, Barry Perkins, David & Debbie Perkins, and Mike & Lisa Perkins;

sisters, Janice Hiles and Christine Apple;

and bunches of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends.