Jeremy Perkins, 32, of Middlesboro, formerly of Coxton, passed away Wednesday, September 26, 2012, from injuries received in a mining accident in Tennessee. Born December 15, 1979 in Harlan County, he had been a coal miner for 14 years. He attended the Coxton Faith Tabernacle.

Jeremy was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Chester Perkins and Bill Adkins; three uncles, Bruce Perkins, Danny Joe Holbrook and Nick McQueen; an aunt, Linda Adkins; a friend, Kelles Greer, Sr.; and his former father-in-law, Daris Napier.

Survivors include his father and step-mother, Clarence and Kathy Perkins, Coxton; his mother, Mary Adkins, Cincinnati; two children, Jeremy Scott Perkins, Kildav; Alexia Perkins, Somerset; three step-children, Zachery Maggard, Sergio Torres and Ariana Torres, all of Somerset; and three sisters, Sylvia Durham, Charity Sumner and Alicia Perkins, all of Cincinnati.

Also surviving are his grandmothers, Betty Perkins and Frances Adkins, both of Coxton; his great-grandmother, Mabel Mitchell, Evarts; his former wife and the mother of his son, Sandy Sage, Kildav; his former wife and the mother of his daughter, Angel Perkins, Somerset; a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and other family and friends, including a special friend, James Napier, Verda.

Visitation will be held Saturday from 5 until 8 pm at the Evarts Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be conducted Sunday, September 30, 2012, at 2 pm in the Chapel of the Evarts Funeral Home with the Reverend Stan Nicely officiating.

Burial will follow in the Evarts Memorial Gardens with family and friends serving as pallbearers.

Online condolences may be left for the family at www.harlanobits.net.

Evarts Funeral Home is in charge of his arrangements.