Glenn Douglas Perkinson was born on September 14, 1939, at the home of his parents in Bedford, Kentucky. During his childhood, he loved the outdoors-hunting with a BB gun, fishing, and playing in and near the creek close to his home.

He began elementary school a year early, then skipped a grade, graduating high school and heading off to Georgetown College (KY) at age sixteen. There, he enjoyed being a member of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity and participating in the typical antics of college students of that time. After graduating at age 20, he began his teaching career at his alma mater, Trimble County High School in Bedford, KY.

After two years of teaching, he joined the Army Reserves, completing basic training at Ft. Knox and AIT at Ft. Sam Houston, TX. In the spring of 1963, he married Kathie Yager. He spent the next two summers at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, completing his master's degree. In the fall of 1963, Glenn began teaching mathematics at Bowling Green High School. He later earned Rank l teacher certification at Western Kentucky University.

Glenn loved supporting the BGHS Purples athletic teams and was a dedicated University of Kentucky fan. He and his family were active members of Bowling Green Christian Church until his health no longer allowed him to attend. Teaching mathematics and physics was his passion, and he cherished the time spent with his students.

Throughout his career, Glenn taught students who went on to make significant contributions to our country-including the Chief of the U.S. Space Force, a pilot for the President's helicopter, a pharmaceutical developer, judges, university department chairmen, computer scientists, medical professionals, researchers, dentists, teachers, lawyers, insurance actuaries, and many other professionals and community leaders. In addition to his high school teaching, he also taught evening mathematics classes at Western Kentucky University.

Perhaps his greatest joy, however, was being a dad to two sons, Clint and Clay, and a grandfather to thirteen grandchildren, as well as a great-granddaughter.

During school vacation, Glenn and his family enjoyed many trips to Reelfoot Lake to fish and enjoy the wildlife. After his retirement in 1999, he taught full-time at WKU and later at the WKU South campus. Following his second retirement, he and his wife traveled several times to the western U.S. and Alaska and visited many National Parks. He also loved spending time on his farm and hunting with his boys in the U.S. and Canada.

When he began experiencing strokes, Glenn's favorite activities were cut short due to very limited sight and physical ability. In his later years, he was almost entirely homebound because of his health.

He is survived by his wife, Kathie Yager Perkinson; two sons, Clint Perkinson (Brandi) and Clay Perkinson (Jennifer); grandchildren, Demi Troutman (Zachary), Cade Perkinson, Jordyn Murphy-Perkinson, Jaxyn Perkinson, Alex Perkinson, Tate Perkinson, Celie Perkinson, Adalyn Perkinson, Brileigha Perkinson, J. Oakes Perkinson, and Ethan Perkinson; a great-granddaughter, Rhea Isabel "Izzy" Troutman.

Glenn will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

A memorial service will be held at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, September 6 at Bowling Green Christian Church. Visitation will be from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at the church. Johnson Vaughn Phelps Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements.

Family has requested memorial contributions may be made to the Northwest Haiti Christian Mission at  www.nwhcm.org.