Date de Décès: 2008-03-07
Date de Parution: 2008-03-11
Source: The Chronicle Herald, Halifax, NS
ROCKWOOD, Pastor Perry F. - Halifax, loving husband, father, grandfather and great-grandfather, went to be with the Lord on March 7, 2008, in the VG Site, QEII, following a brief illness. Born on March 23, 1917, in New Glasgow, to Mark and Violet (Baker) Rockwood, he was born again to newness of life at 19 years of age. He truly loved his Lord and Saviour whom he served faithfully and joyously, and his last words were of Him. As a beloved radio pastor and pastor of Missionary Bible Church, his greatest desire was to bring lost souls to a saving knowledge of the Saviour and to encourage believers in the faith. Over the past 60 years, the Lord has grown the faith ministry of The Peoples Gospel Hour in order to enable the Gospel to be sent around the world by means of radio and literature and this work will continue, by God's grace, as Pastor Rockwood had planned. He was predeceased by his wife, Ena (Coulstan); daughter, Joan; his parents; brother, Emmerson, and sisters, Irene, June and Love. Rejoicing that he is with the Lord are his wife, Julia (Sharp); daughter, Judith (Harry) Thompson; sons, Perry (Nancy) Rockwood and Paul (Sue) Browning; grandchildren, Daniel, Matthew, Danny, Mark, Patricia, Jessica, Sandy, Bill, Jackson and Siobhan; great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews; brother, William Rockwood; mother-in-law, Doris Sharp, and brothers and sisters-in-law. Visitation was held in J.A. Snow Funeral Home on Monday from 4-7:30 p.m. Funeral service will be held today at 2 p.m. in Missionary Bible Church with Tom Baker, Ian Anderson and Binny Abraham officiating. Burial to follow in Fairview Cemetery. Family flowers only, please. On-line condolences may be made at: condolences.snow@ns.aliantzinc.ca "For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek." Romans 1:16