Nancy Graves Perrin

May 11, 1935 - May 4, 2022

Nancy Warwick Graves Perrin, 86, of Creve Coeur, passed away on May 4, 2022, in Creve Coeur, Missouri. Nancy was born in Atlanta, Georgia, to Nancy Warwick Graves and Howard Cleaton Graves on May 11, 1935. She attended Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama. Nancy married Victor Don Perrin on June 9, 1956, at Haygood Memorial United Methodist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. Nancy passed away one week before her 87th birthday and five weeks before their 66th wedding anniversary. Nancy worked at Coca Cola’s International Headquarters in Atlanta for three years as Secretary to the Vice President of Marketing, and for 20 years as Production Assistant for Lincoln National Life Insurance Company in St. Louis, Missouri. Nancy was an accomplished ballroom and swing dancer. She taught private dance lessons as well as group ballroom and swing dancing for St. Louis Community College and the YMCA. Nancy taught dancing from 1985 until January 2022. She was also a gifted pianist and soloist at churches in Alabama, Georgia, California, North Carolina, and Missouri. Nancy is preceded in death by her parents. Loving and devoted wife and mother, Nancy is survived by husband Don and their four children, son, Vic Perrin (Amie), daughter, Donna Sarmanian (David), daughter, Sandra Merritt (Dallas), and daughter, Jill Perrin; sisters Patricia Kees and Susan Melton (Jim); and ‘Nina’ to 11 grandchildren Jeff (Stephanie), Cortni, Katy, Sarah (AJ), David (Aisha), Kylie, Michael, Joey (Samantha), Nicholas, Sammy, and Claire; and seven great-grandchildren Austin, Owen, Isa, Abby, Flora, Hannah, and Cameron. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the charity of your choice in memory of Nancy Perrin.