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CLEVELAND, Ohio- Bishop Floyd E. Perry (pictured) of the Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Cleveland, and  the second vice president of the Cleveland Chapter NAACP, died Thursday, April 30 after falling ill in Columbus, Ohio and being transported to a local hospital there. He was 84-years-old.

Arrangements are by E.F. Boyd and Son Funeral Home  (www.efboyd.com) in Cleveland, with all activities at the church. Visitation is on Monday, May 11 from 6-8 pm. The wake is Tuesday, May 12 at 11 am , followed by a state funeral at noon.

“Bishop F.E. Perry was a true leader, a man of God, and most of all, he was my friend," said Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson in a press release. "Bishop Perry will be missed by me personally, by the Church of God in Christ, and by his congregation and Clevelanders overall.”

Perry was recently involved in the call for calm ahead of the verdict relative to Cleveland police officer Michael Brelo, who is on trial for gunning down unarmed Blacks Malissa Williams and Timothy Russell with 49 bullets and faces two counts of voluntary manslaughter.

Perry served the Ohio southern  jurisdiction as a bishop for more than 35 years and was a member of the judiciary board. He was also active in the community and donated food and other goods to the families of 11 Black women strangled to death on Imperial Avenue on Cleveland's east side by serial killer and death row inmate Anthony Sowell.

Funeral arrangements are pending.

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