Services for Lem Parsons, 93, of Spur, were at 2 p.m. October 26, 1991 in the First Baptist Church with Rev. Norris Taylor, retired Baptist minister of Idalou, officiating, assisted by Rev. Genoa Goad, church pastor.
Burial was in Spur Memorial Cemetery under direction of Campbell Funeral.
Mr. Parsons died October 24, 1991 about 7:05 p.m. in St. Mary of the Plains Hospital, Lubbock following a brief illness. Born in Bosque County, Texas, he had lived in the Dickens Crosby County area most of his life. He was a farmer and a member of the Baptist Church.
He married Mamie Grizzle on January 13, 1918 in Kalgary. She died in June of 1927. He then married Edith Fisher on September 1, 1939 in Afton.
Survivors include his wife; three sons, Mark Parsons, Ava, Missouri; Curt Parsons, Hamlin; Sheldon Parsons, Spur; three daughters: Edith Pierce, Albuquerque, NM; Vivian Roberson, Floydada and Jan Brown, Idalou; 19 grandchildren; 17 great grandchildren and 8 great great grandchildren.
Two sons preceded him in death; Henry Parsons in 1956 and Sam Parsons in 1968.
Grandsons served as pallbearers. They included John Parsons, Eddie Parsons, Jason Parsons, Shane Parsons, Matthew Brown and Senecca Parsons.
©The Texas Spur, October 31, 1991
from the records of Lillian Grace Nay
Edith Parsons, 90, of Spur, died Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2009. Services will be 2 p.m., Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, at First Baptist Church in Spur with Eric Swenson officiating. The family will receive friends from 5-7 p.m. Thursday at Campbell Funeral Home. Interment will be in Spur Memorial Cemetery.
Edith was born Jan. 27, 1918, in Comanche County, Texas to Henry and Maude Nelson Fisher. She was a graduate of Crosbyton High School and attended Texas Tech University. She married Lem Parsons Sept. 1, 1939, in Afton. He preceded her in death in 1991. She drove the mini-bus for the Spur Senior Citizens for several years, and enjoyed sewing, cooking and tending her vegetable garden. She was also a member of First Baptist Church. Edith had a way of making everyone feel like they were her favorite person.
She is survived by three sons, Mark Parsons and wife Judy, of Ava, Mo., Curt Parsons and wife Kare, of Hamlin, and Sheldon Parsons and wife Debbie, of Spur; one daughter, Jan Brown and husband Charlie, of Idalou; two step-daughters, Edith Pierce, of Albuquerque, N.M., and Vivian Roberson, of Vernon; one daughter-in-law, Dee Raber, of Hollywood, Fla.; one sister, Norma Wahl of Georgetown, Texas; twelve grandchildren; seven step-grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
She was preceded in death by her husband, parents, one son, one step-son and three brothers.
©Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Thursday, January 22, 2009
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