World War II Honoree

Jannie Frances Cornforth Perkins

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Navina, Logan County, Oklahoma

Honored By

Robert S. Cox

SHE AND HER SISTER BOTH ATTENDED WESLEY SCHOOL OF NURSING AND THEN JOINED THE ARMY NURSE CORPS. THEY MOVED TO FALFURRIAS, TEXAS AND HELPED START THE TOWN'S FIRST HOSPITAL. SERVED DURING THE WAR PERIOD AND WAS AWARDED THE AMERICAN CAMPAIGN MEDAL, AND WWII VICTORY MEDAL. HONORABLY DISCHARGED AND ISSUED THE HONORABLE SERVICE LAPEL BUTTON.