Big crowd honors Landon Perry at candlelight vigil. ‘He was always there for me.’
Just four days after Landon Perry was killed in a car accident on his electric scooter, more than a hundred community members gathered on Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College’s Perkinston campus to honor him.
The vigil was organized as a joint effort between Perry’s parents and members of Venture Church, the ministry he had joined.
The vigil began with testimonies from friends of Perry who spoke about the impact he had on their lives and those around him.
For Kade Moody, one of Perry’s soccer teammates at D’Iberville High School, being friends with Landon “was probably the best thing to ever happen” to him.
“Any time I needed help, Landon was always there for me,” Moody said. “I will never forget those days.”
Following was the lighting of the vigil in which Perry’s parents, Amber and Josh, used their candles to pass on the flame to attendees at the vigil to represent the ripple effect Perry had on his community.
The ceremony ended with a eulogy given by Pastor Tyler Eggers, who got to know Perry through Venture Church.
“So there’s grief and there’s hurt and there’s pain, and the closer you were to Landon, the more of that you feel,” Eggers said. “So may the second thing this light represent be courage. Courage to walk into that hurt, courage to feel the pain, courage to remember the sweet memories—the memories that make you smile.”
For Eggers believes Perry will be remembered for his leadership in the community and his faith.
“Landon was a leader. He had a lot of people, older and younger, that looked up to him,” Eggers said. “He was a man who loved God and loved people.”
For Joshua Jones, a student pastor who worked with Perry at Venture Church, seeing the turnout for the vigil spoke to Perry’s impact on those around him.
“It shows you the light that he was in our lives,” Jones said. “It started off with his parents, Amber and Josh, to start lighting those candles, and for everyone’s candle to be lit it just shows you the type of person Landon was.”
Visitation for Perry’s funeral will be held on Saturday, November 22 from 10 a.m. to noon and the memorial service will be from noon to 1 p.m. at the Venture Church Stone County Campus.
This story was originally published November 21, 2025 at 6:51 AM.