Esther Tye Perkins, 92, wife of the late Charles G. Perkins Sr., longtime pastor in South Carolina, died May 23, 2014. Born in Eufaula, Ala., she was a daughter of the late James H. and Florence Whitaker Tye. In 1983, she became the first woman pastor of a Southern Baptist church in South Carolina, and was the subject of the book “For Such a Time as This,” written in 1996 by then Baptist Courier editor Don Kirkland and Philip Stone. Perkins served as pastor at both Pine Bluff and Eason Memorial Baptist churches in Eastover, retiring in 2003. Survivors include a grandson and great-granddaughter. She was predeceased by her daughter, Pat Perkins, and son, Grant Perkins.