McMinnville resident and Dyer County native Michael O’Neil Perry, 72, was born Oct. 22, 1942 and died June 11 at NHC Healthcare in McMinnville following an extended illness. A retired eighth-grade educator with Dyersburg Middle School and a member of Finley Baptist Church, he was the son of the late Isaac “Buddy” and LaVerne O’Neil Perry. He was married May 31, 1978 to Linda Ore Perry of Morrison.