Roger Vernon “Perks” Tharpe, 82, of Kenansville, North Carolina, passed away Friday, October 23, 2026, and has been finally reunited with his wife, Brenda Brown, who preceded him in 2009. Perks was born September 26, 1944, in Browntown, Virginia, son of the late Vernon David and Edith Virginia Rudacille Tharpe. Perks was also preceded in