Mr. Alvin Perry Wilbourne III

Alvin Perry Wilbourne, III passed away on Thursday, February 1st in Fairhope, Alabama. Perry was born on April 4, 1941, to Alvin Perry Wilbourne, Jr. and Allice Jackson Wilbourne. Growing up in Marion, Alabama, he attended Perry County High School and Marion Military Institute before entering the University of Alabama where he earned a degree in business administration and was a Kappa Alpha. During college he married Susan Harris Yeager, his elementary school Valentine, on December 26, 1962. Perry and Susan celebrated sixty-one years of marriage in 2023. On September 14, 1964, he entered active duty in the United States Army as a 2nd Lieutenant. He served as a combat platoon leader in Vietnam with the 1st Infantry Division, receiving multiple citations and awards before being honorably discharged on September 10, 1966 as a 1st Lieutenant. Perry returned to Marion to lead his family’s farm equipment business, Wilbourne Implement Company, Inc. He raised his family in Marion, expanding the business into Greensboro and Selma before closing it in 1986. In 1987, Perry began a new career as the City Administrator of Marion. In 1993 he was named City Administrator of Foley, Alabama and relocated his family there. He retired in 2011. In recognition of his dedicated service and the positive impact he had, the antique rose trail that he established in 2007 was renamed in his honor by the city to the A. Perry Wilbourne Antique Rose Trail and is a registered National Recreation Trail. He was a devoted and loving husband, son, father, grandfather, great grandfather, and father-in-law. Above all, he was a dedicated follower of Jesus Christ. Perry served as deacon and Sunday School teacher at Siloam Baptist Church in Marion and then on the Session of elders at First Presbyterian Church of Foley. He enjoyed fishing, grilling, gardening and most of all good food and drink with family and friends. He is survived by his wife Susan of Foley, Alabama, his daughter Sarah Wilbourne Wagoner (Ira) of Selma, Alabama and sons Thomas Perry Wilbourne (Tamera) of Bon Secour, Alabama, and Wilkerson Harris Wilbourne (Abbie) of Niceville, Florida. He had three grandchildren, Susanna Wagoner Miles (Cameron), Sarah Mitchell Wagoner, Wilkerson Perry Wilbourne as well as a great grandson, Wilkerson David Miles. Visitation will be on Sunday February 4th at 1:00PM with a funeral service following at 2:00PM at First Presbyterian Church of Foley, 195 E Berry Ave in Foley, Alabama. He will be laid to rest on Wednesday at 1:00PM at The Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery at Spanish Fort. The family asks that donations be made to either Siloam Baptist Church in Marion or First Presbyterian Church in Foley. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God. ~Micah 6:8

Mr. Alvin Perry Wilbourne III

April 4, 1941 - February 1, 2024