CommUNITY Champion: Harpersville Mayor Theo Perkins
WELL IN THE SMALL TOWN A MAYOR DOES EVERYTHING AND YOU LITERALLY DO EVERYTHING. THAT’S RIGHT, LIKE STARTING THE DAY INHE T DRIVER’S SEAT. THE MAYOR’S DRIVING THE BUS FEEL PERKIN TSAKING KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL FOR 30 YEARS. DO WHAT YOU USUALLY DO EVERY DAY. I DO IT EVERY DAY. YOU FEEL PRETTY LUCKY TO HAVE ETH MAYOR DRIVING YOUR BUS. YEAH. PRETTY GOOD IVER TOO GOOD ADVICE THROUGH A SECPEH YOU RECITES YOU’RE NOT HERE TO EASILY SOCIALIZE THE CRTOU. WHERE DOES THE PEP TALK COME FROM? IN THE DAY, I’M TIRED. I HAVE TO SLEEP AND ANOTHER ONE SAID WELL I COME TO EAT AND SO I STARTED SAYING OKAY, YO’’REOT N HERE TO EAT SLEEP SOCIALIZEHE T COURT YOU’RE HEER TO GET AN EDUCATION. HAVE A GREAT DAY. AND ASR. M PERKINS DRIVES AWAY HE PLANS FOR HIS NEXT ROUND OF DAILY DUTIES A LONG LIST OF JOBS, BUT ALWAYS A SHORT COMMUTE. AND RAISED INHE T SMALL TOWNF O HARPERSVILLE KNOWN FOR A RICH PASS IN BRIGHT FUTURE PERKINS IS PROUD TO SERVE AS MAYOR A ROLE. HE’S HAD FOR OVER 12 YEARS THAT MYIR F UP WITH THE TOWN WAS RIDING THE GARBAGE TRUCK. I WAS A TEENAGER. I NEVER IMAGINED WHEN I WROTE ETH BACK OF THAT GARBAGE TRUCK. HERE YOU ARE TODAY. YEAH THAT I WOULD BE THE MORAY WE HAV AE NEW SUBDIVISION THAT’S GOING IN. RIGHT HERE. 99 HOMES SPEAKING OF HOMES. YOU MAY ALSO SEE A FAMILIAR ME.NASIGNS AROUND TOWN REAL ESTA AGENT PERKINS HELPS PEOPLE FIND ONEF O THEIR OWN THE LOOK THAT ON PEOPLE FACE WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THEIR HOME OR THEY FIND OUT THAT THEY CAN AFFORD A HOME THE QUESTION. WE’RE ALL THINKING HERE. DO YOU EVEGER T OVERWHELMED? YES, I GET OVERWHELMED ALL THE TIME BUT IN A SMALL TOWN IT ALL JUST KIND OF WORKSND A THE JOBS KIND OF OVERLAP. YEAH, SOMETIMES I’M HERE AT CITY HALL AND SOMEBODY MAY COME FROM PRAYER. SOMETIMES MY CHURCH AND THEY A AT THE CHURCH. I GOT A QUESTION ABOUT MY ROAD PASTOR PERKINS STARTEDIB LERTY CHRISTIAN CHURCH 19 YEARS AGO. I STARTED WITH SEVEN PEOPLE IN THE BASEMENT OF ONE OF HIS FAMILY MEMBERS. HOMES, AND NOW HE’’ IN TSHI BEAUTIFUL FACILITY WITH OVER 200 MEMBERS OF HIS PIEATNT IT HAS BEEN BLESSED AND IIST GROWN. ALL RIGHT, JAY WHETHER IT’S SENDING POSITIVITY TO STUDESNT EACH DAY ON THE BUS. ENERGY. YEAH, INCLUDING HIS OWN DAUGHTERS. OH, HE RAISED YOU RIGHT THAN ME, AND I’M LIKE, YEAH. TO THOSEN I HIS COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 2,000 RESIDENTS MORAY PERKINS SHINES NOT FOR HIS TITLES. LOVE YOU, BUT HIS HEART FOR PEOPLE THE WIFE BENDHI WHAT WHAT YOU DO I REALIZED A LONG TIME AGO TTHA THAT’S PART OF MY CALL
CommUNITY Champion: Harpersville Mayor Theo Perkins
Updated: 10:22 PM CDT May 18, 2022
Mayors tend to wear many hats, but the mayor of a small Shelby County town plays multiple roles outside of his position as the town’s leader. In addition to his role as a father, Harpersville Mayor Theo Perkins is also a pastor, real estate agent, bus driver and just about anything else his town needs.In the video above, WVTM 13’s Brittany Decker introduces you to Perkins, who positively impacts his community on a daily basis through his passion for serving.Follow Brittany Decker on Facebook and Twitter.
Mayors tend to wear many hats, but the mayor of a small Shelby County town plays multiple roles outside of his position as the town’s leader. In addition to his role as a father, Harpersville Mayor Theo Perkins is also a pastor, real estate agent, bus driver and just about anything else his town needs.
In the video above, WVTM 13’s Brittany Decker introduces you to Perkins, who positively impacts his community on a daily basis through his passion for serving.
Follow Brittany Decker on Facebook and Twitter.
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