Corrine Parsons, 95, of Leroy passed away April 14, 2015 following a long illness.
She was born March 4, 1920 in Jackson County a daughter of the late Dorsey L. and Ivy Winter Miller. She was a 1940 graduate of Ripley High School and following high school worked in Akron, OH during World War II building Airplanes for the war effort. She and her husband, Edwin O. Parsons, along with their son, Charles, owned and operated the Parsons General Store, The Parsons Angus Farm along with Parsons Motor Sales, which today is the oldest Auto dealer in Jackson County and at one time was home of the Studebaker Dealership. She and her family received the Western Soil Conservation Farm Family of the Year award. Corrine attended the Millcreek Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years Edwin Otmer Parsons; a sister Hazel Miller and brothers Herman Miller and Dalton Miller.
She is survived by her son of Leroy; sister-in-law of Millwood; a special niece and a special cousin and friend, whom always visited and was always concerned for Corrine. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 pm Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Following the service the family will host a reception in the Parsons-Vail Family Center located inside the funeral home. Following the reception the Committal service will be held at Baptist Grove Cemetery, Frozen Camp. Friends may call on the family from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Saturday at the funeral home.
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She was born March 4, 1920 in Jackson County a daughter of the late Dorsey L. and Ivy Winter Miller. She was a 1940 graduate of Ripley High School and following high school worked in Akron, OH during World War II building Airplanes for the war effort. She and her husband, Edwin O. Parsons, along with their son, Charles, owned and operated the Parsons General Store, The Parsons Angus Farm along with Parsons Motor Sales, which today is the oldest Auto dealer in Jackson County and at one time was home of the Studebaker Dealership. She and her family received the Western Soil Conservation Farm Family of the Year award. Corrine attended the Millcreek Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years Edwin Otmer Parsons; a sister Hazel Miller and brothers Herman Miller and Dalton Miller.
She is survived by her son of Leroy; sister-in-law of Millwood; a special niece and a special cousin and friend, whom always visited and was always concerned for Corrine. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 pm Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Following the service the family will host a reception in the Parsons-Vail Family Center located inside the funeral home. Following the reception the Committal service will be held at Baptist Grove Cemetery, Frozen Camp. Friends may call on the family from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Saturday at the funeral home.
>Waybright Funeral Home
Corrine Parsons, 95, of Leroy passed away April 14, 2015 following a long illness.
She was born March 4, 1920 in Jackson County a daughter of the late Dorsey L. and Ivy Winter Miller. She was a 1940 graduate of Ripley High School and following high school worked in Akron, OH during World War II building Airplanes for the war effort. She and her husband, Edwin O. Parsons, along with their son, Charles, owned and operated the Parsons General Store, The Parsons Angus Farm along with Parsons Motor Sales, which today is the oldest Auto dealer in Jackson County and at one time was home of the Studebaker Dealership. She and her family received the Western Soil Conservation Farm Family of the Year award. Corrine attended the Millcreek Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years Edwin Otmer Parsons; a sister Hazel Miller and brothers Herman Miller and Dalton Miller.
She is survived by her son of Leroy; sister-in-law of Millwood; a special niece and a special cousin and friend, whom always visited and was always concerned for Corrine. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 pm Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Following the service the family will host a reception in the Parsons-Vail Family Center located inside the funeral home. Following the reception the Committal service will be held at Baptist Grove Cemetery, Frozen Camp. Friends may call on the family from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Saturday at the funeral home.
>Waybright Funeral Home
She was born March 4, 1920 in Jackson County a daughter of the late Dorsey L. and Ivy Winter Miller. She was a 1940 graduate of Ripley High School and following high school worked in Akron, OH during World War II building Airplanes for the war effort. She and her husband, Edwin O. Parsons, along with their son, Charles, owned and operated the Parsons General Store, The Parsons Angus Farm along with Parsons Motor Sales, which today is the oldest Auto dealer in Jackson County and at one time was home of the Studebaker Dealership. She and her family received the Western Soil Conservation Farm Family of the Year award. Corrine attended the Millcreek Baptist Church.
In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by her husband of 61 years Edwin Otmer Parsons; a sister Hazel Miller and brothers Herman Miller and Dalton Miller.
She is survived by her son of Leroy; sister-in-law of Millwood; a special niece and a special cousin and friend, whom always visited and was always concerned for Corrine. She is also survived by many nieces and nephews.
Funeral Service will be 1:00 pm Saturday, April 18, 2015 at the Waybright Funeral Home, Ripley. Following the service the family will host a reception in the Parsons-Vail Family Center located inside the funeral home. Following the reception the Committal service will be held at Baptist Grove Cemetery, Frozen Camp. Friends may call on the family from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Saturday at the funeral home.
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