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Brother<br />
Wesley Perry<br />
What is your favorite memory of living in <strong>Rankin</strong> County?<br />
My family moved to Plantation Shores when I graduated high<br />
school…1978…yes, I’m old! I can remember playing in Hwy. 49<br />
one winter because there were no cars. The road was covered<br />
with snow and we played in the highway.<br />
Were you and your siblings close growing up?<br />
Yes. I was eight when she came to us and our brother, Steve,<br />
was six. Faith was adopted from birth. My parents named her<br />
Faith, but I gave her the name Audrey. The name came from<br />
a beautiful woman on a TV show. I think it was Big Valley–<br />
and maybe it was Audra. But I named her Audrey after that<br />
pretty lady on TV. So her name is Audrey Faith Perry.<br />
Steve works for Faith now and lives in Franklin, Tennessee.<br />
Is there a favorite tradition that you and your family<br />
had growing up that has been carried over to your<br />
family?<br />
We don’t have specific traditions or anything like that, but<br />
what we do have is LOVE of family. We love people. My parents<br />
love people, I love people, and my kids love people. We also are<br />
helpers…we love to help others. We love to serve.<br />
What is it like being the brother to one of the most<br />
successful country music singers of all time?<br />
Sometimes it’s great and other times it’s just another day. Faith<br />
has always helped us. She helped with my kid’s college and she<br />
helped with the funding to build our home. She gives me stuff<br />
for the kids I teach and much, much more.<br />
What is your favorite song that Faith sings?<br />
My favorite is off of the “Breathe” CD–“There Will Come<br />
a Day.”<br />
26 • <strong>February</strong>/<strong>March</strong> <strong>2016</strong>
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