With broken hearts we announcing the passing of our father Elwood “Woody” Perkins on 02/27/2025 in Merritt Island ,FL. Elwood was born 03/04/1948 to the late Elwood & Alice Perkins in Providence ,RI.HE WAS MARRIED TO THE LATE DOREEN PERKINS ON 11/19/1966 FOR 55 YEARS Elwood was a VETERAN of the US AIRFORCE , SERVING IN OKINAWA AS AN AIRPLANE TECH DURING THE VIETNAM WAR , REACHING THE RANK OF STAFF SERGANT . ELWOOD WAS A TRUCK DRIVER FOR OVER 40 YEARS AS A CAR HAULER FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS ANCHOR MOTOR FREIGHT ,AND MALASPINO TRUCKING & EAST COAST AUTO MOVERS . ELWOOD WAS A QUIET MAN, BUT ,WAS ALWAYS QUICK WITH A DAD JOKE AND LIKED TO TALK TO PEOPLE .AND ALSO LOVED TO TRAVEL UP AND DOWN THE EAST COAST DURING THE WINTER MONTHES WITH HIS DAUGHTER JUDY AND HER HUSBAND JUDE . HE WAS HARD WORKING AND WAS AN AWESOME FATHER . HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTERS TINA CULLERTON (CARL) OF ILLINOIS ,JUDY AYOTTE (JUDE) OF WHERE EVER THE WIND TAKES THEM , GRANDCHILDREN CARL CULLERTON JR (CAYLA) , LORRAINE BRUNING(MARK ) OF IL ,JEAN AYOTTE (KATCHINA) PASCOAG RI ,TOBIAS (STEVE) STONELY OF VOLUNTOWN,CT ,JULLIETTE AYOTTE OF PASCOAG R.I. . AND 4 GREAT GRAND CHILDREN CHARLOTTE, EMMETT,KENNEDY & GRIFFIN . ELWOOD WAS ALSO THE BROTHER OF THE LATE ,MURIEL BREDERSON,DONALD & JOSHUA(SKIP ) GORDON AND MANY NEICES,NEPHEWS , GREAT AND GREAT GRAND NEICES NAD NEPHEWS . ALSO HIS FURRIE COMPANIONS MALICHAI,TOM & JERRY PER ELWOODS WISHES THERE WILL BE NO SERVICES . IN REMEMBRANCE , PLEASE TAKE A LONG RIDE ON YOUR MOTORCYCLE OR MAKE A DONATION TO YOUR LOCAL ANIMAL SHELTER OR TUNNEL TO TOWERS HELPING DISABLED VERTERANS OR THE ALZHEIMERS FOUNDATION .