~~Antlers shooting death; investigation continuing~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — Investigation is continuing into the early Tuesday shooting death of Mark Dewayne Parish, a 22-year old Antlers bricklayer.
Parish died Tuesday morning in Pushmataha County Hospital, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head.
Pushmataha County Sheriff Gene Allen told The Paris News Tuesday that Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday when he was shot. Allen said witnesses told officers that a gunshot was heard and friends of the man saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the incident, and was ruled dead at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
"We're working with the medical examiner now," Allen said Tuesday. He said his office expected a ruling sometime today. He said the man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle. Sheriff Allen said investigation into the death is continuing.
He was born in Talihana, June 13, 1955, and had lived in the area most of his life. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Sue of Antlers; one son, Mark Parish Jr. of Antlers; one brother, Sham Parish Jr. of Broken Arrow; five sisters, Sina Hopper of Harrah, Mary Ann Butler of Antlers, Faye Cleveland of Ganado, Ariz., Lucille Loman of Midwest City and Francine Thornton of Broken Arrow, his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Sham Parish Sr. of Antlers; and a nephew, Larry Parish of Broken Arrow.
--The Paris News, Tues, May 23, 1978, p 2A
~~Antlers shooting death; witnesses interviewed~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — Interviewing of witnesses continues here by Pushmataha County Sheriff's Officers in the Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish.
Undersheriff Doyle Bell told The Paris News Wednesday that he expected a ruling in the case "sometime today, possibly by noon." He said his officers still "lacked interviewing one or two witnesses."
Authorities said Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday, when he was shot. The man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle, officers reported. Bell said a ruling is expected to be made by noon by Pushmataha District Attorney Joe Tom Smith.
Authorities said they had been told by witnesses that a gunshot was heard and friends of -the 22-year-old bricklayer saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the shooting incident, and died at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
Funeral services for Mr. Parish are set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Bobb- Meyers Church with the Rev. Bertram Bobb and the Rev. Stephen Billy officiating. Interment will be in Sugar Loaf Cemetery under the direction of Mills-Coffey Funeral Home of Antlers.
--The Paris News, Weds, May 24, 1978, p 4
~~Death ruled self-inflicted in Antlers~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — The Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish was formerly ruled self-inflicted Wednesday, authorities here said.
--The Paris News, Thurs, May 25, 1978, p 4A
ANTLERS, Okla. — Investigation is continuing into the early Tuesday shooting death of Mark Dewayne Parish, a 22-year old Antlers bricklayer.
Parish died Tuesday morning in Pushmataha County Hospital, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head.
Pushmataha County Sheriff Gene Allen told The Paris News Tuesday that Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday when he was shot. Allen said witnesses told officers that a gunshot was heard and friends of the man saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the incident, and was ruled dead at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
"We're working with the medical examiner now," Allen said Tuesday. He said his office expected a ruling sometime today. He said the man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle. Sheriff Allen said investigation into the death is continuing.
He was born in Talihana, June 13, 1955, and had lived in the area most of his life. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Sue of Antlers; one son, Mark Parish Jr. of Antlers; one brother, Sham Parish Jr. of Broken Arrow; five sisters, Sina Hopper of Harrah, Mary Ann Butler of Antlers, Faye Cleveland of Ganado, Ariz., Lucille Loman of Midwest City and Francine Thornton of Broken Arrow, his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Sham Parish Sr. of Antlers; and a nephew, Larry Parish of Broken Arrow.
--The Paris News, Tues, May 23, 1978, p 2A
~~Antlers shooting death; witnesses interviewed~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — Interviewing of witnesses continues here by Pushmataha County Sheriff's Officers in the Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish.
Undersheriff Doyle Bell told The Paris News Wednesday that he expected a ruling in the case "sometime today, possibly by noon." He said his officers still "lacked interviewing one or two witnesses."
Authorities said Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday, when he was shot. The man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle, officers reported. Bell said a ruling is expected to be made by noon by Pushmataha District Attorney Joe Tom Smith.
Authorities said they had been told by witnesses that a gunshot was heard and friends of -the 22-year-old bricklayer saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the shooting incident, and died at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
Funeral services for Mr. Parish are set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Bobb- Meyers Church with the Rev. Bertram Bobb and the Rev. Stephen Billy officiating. Interment will be in Sugar Loaf Cemetery under the direction of Mills-Coffey Funeral Home of Antlers.
--The Paris News, Weds, May 24, 1978, p 4
~~Death ruled self-inflicted in Antlers~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — The Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish was formerly ruled self-inflicted Wednesday, authorities here said.
--The Paris News, Thurs, May 25, 1978, p 4A
~~Antlers shooting death; investigation continuing~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — Investigation is continuing into the early Tuesday shooting death of Mark Dewayne Parish, a 22-year old Antlers bricklayer.
Parish died Tuesday morning in Pushmataha County Hospital, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head.
Pushmataha County Sheriff Gene Allen told The Paris News Tuesday that Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday when he was shot. Allen said witnesses told officers that a gunshot was heard and friends of the man saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the incident, and was ruled dead at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
"We're working with the medical examiner now," Allen said Tuesday. He said his office expected a ruling sometime today. He said the man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle. Sheriff Allen said investigation into the death is continuing.
He was born in Talihana, June 13, 1955, and had lived in the area most of his life. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Sue of Antlers; one son, Mark Parish Jr. of Antlers; one brother, Sham Parish Jr. of Broken Arrow; five sisters, Sina Hopper of Harrah, Mary Ann Butler of Antlers, Faye Cleveland of Ganado, Ariz., Lucille Loman of Midwest City and Francine Thornton of Broken Arrow, his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Sham Parish Sr. of Antlers; and a nephew, Larry Parish of Broken Arrow.
--The Paris News, Tues, May 23, 1978, p 2A
~~Antlers shooting death; witnesses interviewed~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — Interviewing of witnesses continues here by Pushmataha County Sheriff's Officers in the Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish.
Undersheriff Doyle Bell told The Paris News Wednesday that he expected a ruling in the case "sometime today, possibly by noon." He said his officers still "lacked interviewing one or two witnesses."
Authorities said Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday, when he was shot. The man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle, officers reported. Bell said a ruling is expected to be made by noon by Pushmataha District Attorney Joe Tom Smith.
Authorities said they had been told by witnesses that a gunshot was heard and friends of -the 22-year-old bricklayer saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the shooting incident, and died at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
Funeral services for Mr. Parish are set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Bobb- Meyers Church with the Rev. Bertram Bobb and the Rev. Stephen Billy officiating. Interment will be in Sugar Loaf Cemetery under the direction of Mills-Coffey Funeral Home of Antlers.
--The Paris News, Weds, May 24, 1978, p 4
~~Death ruled self-inflicted in Antlers~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — The Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish was formerly ruled self-inflicted Wednesday, authorities here said.
--The Paris News, Thurs, May 25, 1978, p 4A
ANTLERS, Okla. — Investigation is continuing into the early Tuesday shooting death of Mark Dewayne Parish, a 22-year old Antlers bricklayer.
Parish died Tuesday morning in Pushmataha County Hospital, the victim of a gunshot wound to the head.
Pushmataha County Sheriff Gene Allen told The Paris News Tuesday that Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday when he was shot. Allen said witnesses told officers that a gunshot was heard and friends of the man saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the incident, and was ruled dead at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
"We're working with the medical examiner now," Allen said Tuesday. He said his office expected a ruling sometime today. He said the man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle. Sheriff Allen said investigation into the death is continuing.
He was born in Talihana, June 13, 1955, and had lived in the area most of his life. Survivors include his wife, Geneva Sue of Antlers; one son, Mark Parish Jr. of Antlers; one brother, Sham Parish Jr. of Broken Arrow; five sisters, Sina Hopper of Harrah, Mary Ann Butler of Antlers, Faye Cleveland of Ganado, Ariz., Lucille Loman of Midwest City and Francine Thornton of Broken Arrow, his father and stepmother, Mr. and Mrs. Sham Parish Sr. of Antlers; and a nephew, Larry Parish of Broken Arrow.
--The Paris News, Tues, May 23, 1978, p 2A
~~Antlers shooting death; witnesses interviewed~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — Interviewing of witnesses continues here by Pushmataha County Sheriff's Officers in the Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish.
Undersheriff Doyle Bell told The Paris News Wednesday that he expected a ruling in the case "sometime today, possibly by noon." He said his officers still "lacked interviewing one or two witnesses."
Authorities said Parish was with his wife and about six other friends on a country road about one mile north of Antlers, about 2 a.m. Tuesday, when he was shot. The man was shot with a .22 automatic rifle, officers reported. Bell said a ruling is expected to be made by noon by Pushmataha District Attorney Joe Tom Smith.
Authorities said they had been told by witnesses that a gunshot was heard and friends of -the 22-year-old bricklayer saw him fall. He lived for about 1-1/2 hours after the shooting incident, and died at Pushmataha Hospital, authorities said.
Funeral services for Mr. Parish are set for 2:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Bobb- Meyers Church with the Rev. Bertram Bobb and the Rev. Stephen Billy officiating. Interment will be in Sugar Loaf Cemetery under the direction of Mills-Coffey Funeral Home of Antlers.
--The Paris News, Weds, May 24, 1978, p 4
~~Death ruled self-inflicted in Antlers~~
ANTLERS, Okla. — The Tuesday morning shooting death of Antlers bricklayer Mark Dewayne Parish was formerly ruled self-inflicted Wednesday, authorities here said.
--The Paris News, Thurs, May 25, 1978, p 4A
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