newsmoke, Jerry Perry has a limited website, mostly a home page outlining his services as
a pipe repairman. His pipe sales are mostly conducted at the N.C. State Fair in October and
the local TAPS (Triangle Area Pipe Show) at the Fairgrounds in April. His business card seems
to have gotten shuffled under in my study, but you can easily Google Jerry Perry pipe repairman.
I should say, Mr. Perry doesn't respond to emails, or at least not mine. I think he takes a low
key approach to his pipe business. In person, he's a cheerful, easygoing guy, with a twinkle
in his eye. When I asked him if he did any pipe sales online, he said, if he did that he'd spend
all his time taking pictures. He and his wife are the entire business, so they keep it relaxed.
However, he's one of the pillars of the Village of Yesteryear major exhibit at the state fair, one
of the exhibit elders, and in that community, he's a major figure. So he's something of a quiet
force. I think his work should be on exhibit at the arts and crafts center in the Western part of
the state, but I feel it might be an affront to mention it to him or to promote the cause. I'm a
fan, but too distant to be a friend.