Roller-Ballard Funeral Home online obituary:
Lloyd Parsons, age 86, of Benton, died January 13, 2009, at his home. Lloyd was born into this life at Caddo Gap, Arkansas, on April 11, 1922. In the fall of 1925, his father, Tom Parsons, decided to move from Caddo Gap to Saline County, Arkansas. The move was made in a covered wagon, with all possessions carried in the one trip. Those possessions being, one milk cow, a cook stove, beds, a wash pot, dishes, and extra clothes. Grandpa Tom had a sister who he knew in the area of Detonti in Saline County, and this would be their first destination.
It took two days to make the trip, with one night spent sleeping in the wagon at a wagon yard in Hot Springs. Coming into Saline County, they had to cross the Saline River making the crossing at Jackman Trail, and there was no bridge. They finally arrived at John and Emily Jane Church's home, Emily Jane being Lloyd's great aunt.
They made do there for several weeks, until Grandpa Tom could find his family a suitable place of their own. And, upon finally doing so, was able to rent a house from a lady by the name of Mrs. Hughes. For a period of about 1 ½ to 2 years Tom Parsons sharecropped land in the Shaw bottoms to make a living and provide for his family.
In 1927 there was a flood that wiped out all of the crops that they had planted for the season, thus prompting for yet another step that would again help shape and mold the Parsons family. Grandpa Tom bought a large plot of land on Highway 88, and there the family farmed, raised hogs, chickens, and some cattle. Lloyd walked approximately two miles to school every day while going to school at Mt. View. At about third grade Mt. View consolidated with Harmony Grove at which point he finally got to ride the bus to school. The bus drivers that drove the bus for Harmony Grove included many family friends, including Arvin Mills and Hugh, Frank, and Odis Mitchell. He graduated from Harmony Grove High School in 1941.
After graduation, he attended the National Youth Association in Little Rock on Fair Park Blvd. where he took classes and learned to be a machinist. He got a job in Connecticut with Pratt & Whitney, this is where he met his wife, Johanna "Mickey" Post. She was 17 years old at the time, when she turned 18, she returned to Arkansas with him and they were married on July 12, 1942, in Arkansas by Mr. Will Hunnicutt, then Justice of the Peace.
As always, he immediately began providing for his wife by purchasing them a place of their own out by the family farm on Hwy 88. He bought the old Cornett place by trading a 1941 Ford convertible for it. The car was black with red interior.
Lloyd joined the Air Force in 1942, and served his country until 1946.
While on the farm Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and Uncle L.C. would plow the ground at night to get it ready to plant the next day. Still not enough money could be made to supply the family with all that they needed, so Lloyd went to work for Acme Brick Company in 1947. Here he also learned to weld.
Then in 1949, Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and L. C. all once again made a business career move and bought a store and started Parsons and Son Grocery. While the store was still in operation, Grandpa Tom and Lloyd Parsons bought out L. C.'s part in the store. The store was still ran by Grandpa Tom and his son Lloyd until it finally was closed in 1963.
Before the closing of the store Lloyd got a job with the U.S. Postal Service working on the mail routes as a carrier. Working part time for three years, he then finally got a full time position in 1961. Lloyd always was overwhelmed by gifts from his patrons on his mail routes. Even after he retired, he still received gifts from those to whom he used to deliver mail to. Many of the young kids who were on his mail route are grown now and still have not forgotten him. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran and a member of the River Street Church of Christ where he served as an elder and retired from the U.S. Postal Service.
Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife of 66 years, Johanna "Mickey" Parsons; two sons, Tommy (whose wife Sharon died in 2008) and Bruce and wife Rhoda; four grandsons, Tim and wife Angelia, Mike and wife Julie, Nathan and wife Christy, and Richard and wife April; nine great-grandchildren, Tiffany and husband Adam, Tim Jr., Torrie, Trisha, Jonathan Wayne, Wade, Jonathan, Jordan, and Isaac, and several nieces and nephews that loved him dearly.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2: 30 P.M. at River Street Church of Christ in Benton officiated by Bro. George Gray and Bro. Archie Dugan. Interment will follow at New Rosemont Memorial Park.
The family requests memorials be made to Berean Children's Home, P.O. Box 1009, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 39602-0109.
Lloyd Parsons, age 86, of Benton, died January 13, 2009, at his home. Lloyd was born into this life at Caddo Gap, Arkansas, on April 11, 1922. In the fall of 1925, his father, Tom Parsons, decided to move from Caddo Gap to Saline County, Arkansas. The move was made in a covered wagon, with all possessions carried in the one trip. Those possessions being, one milk cow, a cook stove, beds, a wash pot, dishes, and extra clothes. Grandpa Tom had a sister who he knew in the area of Detonti in Saline County, and this would be their first destination.
It took two days to make the trip, with one night spent sleeping in the wagon at a wagon yard in Hot Springs. Coming into Saline County, they had to cross the Saline River making the crossing at Jackman Trail, and there was no bridge. They finally arrived at John and Emily Jane Church's home, Emily Jane being Lloyd's great aunt.
They made do there for several weeks, until Grandpa Tom could find his family a suitable place of their own. And, upon finally doing so, was able to rent a house from a lady by the name of Mrs. Hughes. For a period of about 1 ½ to 2 years Tom Parsons sharecropped land in the Shaw bottoms to make a living and provide for his family.
In 1927 there was a flood that wiped out all of the crops that they had planted for the season, thus prompting for yet another step that would again help shape and mold the Parsons family. Grandpa Tom bought a large plot of land on Highway 88, and there the family farmed, raised hogs, chickens, and some cattle. Lloyd walked approximately two miles to school every day while going to school at Mt. View. At about third grade Mt. View consolidated with Harmony Grove at which point he finally got to ride the bus to school. The bus drivers that drove the bus for Harmony Grove included many family friends, including Arvin Mills and Hugh, Frank, and Odis Mitchell. He graduated from Harmony Grove High School in 1941.
After graduation, he attended the National Youth Association in Little Rock on Fair Park Blvd. where he took classes and learned to be a machinist. He got a job in Connecticut with Pratt & Whitney, this is where he met his wife, Johanna "Mickey" Post. She was 17 years old at the time, when she turned 18, she returned to Arkansas with him and they were married on July 12, 1942, in Arkansas by Mr. Will Hunnicutt, then Justice of the Peace.
As always, he immediately began providing for his wife by purchasing them a place of their own out by the family farm on Hwy 88. He bought the old Cornett place by trading a 1941 Ford convertible for it. The car was black with red interior.
Lloyd joined the Air Force in 1942, and served his country until 1946.
While on the farm Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and Uncle L.C. would plow the ground at night to get it ready to plant the next day. Still not enough money could be made to supply the family with all that they needed, so Lloyd went to work for Acme Brick Company in 1947. Here he also learned to weld.
Then in 1949, Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and L. C. all once again made a business career move and bought a store and started Parsons and Son Grocery. While the store was still in operation, Grandpa Tom and Lloyd Parsons bought out L. C.'s part in the store. The store was still ran by Grandpa Tom and his son Lloyd until it finally was closed in 1963.
Before the closing of the store Lloyd got a job with the U.S. Postal Service working on the mail routes as a carrier. Working part time for three years, he then finally got a full time position in 1961. Lloyd always was overwhelmed by gifts from his patrons on his mail routes. Even after he retired, he still received gifts from those to whom he used to deliver mail to. Many of the young kids who were on his mail route are grown now and still have not forgotten him. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran and a member of the River Street Church of Christ where he served as an elder and retired from the U.S. Postal Service.
Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife of 66 years, Johanna "Mickey" Parsons; two sons, Tommy (whose wife Sharon died in 2008) and Bruce and wife Rhoda; four grandsons, Tim and wife Angelia, Mike and wife Julie, Nathan and wife Christy, and Richard and wife April; nine great-grandchildren, Tiffany and husband Adam, Tim Jr., Torrie, Trisha, Jonathan Wayne, Wade, Jonathan, Jordan, and Isaac, and several nieces and nephews that loved him dearly.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2: 30 P.M. at River Street Church of Christ in Benton officiated by Bro. George Gray and Bro. Archie Dugan. Interment will follow at New Rosemont Memorial Park.
The family requests memorials be made to Berean Children's Home, P.O. Box 1009, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 39602-0109.
Roller-Ballard Funeral Home online obituary:
Lloyd Parsons, age 86, of Benton, died January 13, 2009, at his home. Lloyd was born into this life at Caddo Gap, Arkansas, on April 11, 1922. In the fall of 1925, his father, Tom Parsons, decided to move from Caddo Gap to Saline County, Arkansas. The move was made in a covered wagon, with all possessions carried in the one trip. Those possessions being, one milk cow, a cook stove, beds, a wash pot, dishes, and extra clothes. Grandpa Tom had a sister who he knew in the area of Detonti in Saline County, and this would be their first destination.
It took two days to make the trip, with one night spent sleeping in the wagon at a wagon yard in Hot Springs. Coming into Saline County, they had to cross the Saline River making the crossing at Jackman Trail, and there was no bridge. They finally arrived at John and Emily Jane Church's home, Emily Jane being Lloyd's great aunt.
They made do there for several weeks, until Grandpa Tom could find his family a suitable place of their own. And, upon finally doing so, was able to rent a house from a lady by the name of Mrs. Hughes. For a period of about 1 ½ to 2 years Tom Parsons sharecropped land in the Shaw bottoms to make a living and provide for his family.
In 1927 there was a flood that wiped out all of the crops that they had planted for the season, thus prompting for yet another step that would again help shape and mold the Parsons family. Grandpa Tom bought a large plot of land on Highway 88, and there the family farmed, raised hogs, chickens, and some cattle. Lloyd walked approximately two miles to school every day while going to school at Mt. View. At about third grade Mt. View consolidated with Harmony Grove at which point he finally got to ride the bus to school. The bus drivers that drove the bus for Harmony Grove included many family friends, including Arvin Mills and Hugh, Frank, and Odis Mitchell. He graduated from Harmony Grove High School in 1941.
After graduation, he attended the National Youth Association in Little Rock on Fair Park Blvd. where he took classes and learned to be a machinist. He got a job in Connecticut with Pratt & Whitney, this is where he met his wife, Johanna "Mickey" Post. She was 17 years old at the time, when she turned 18, she returned to Arkansas with him and they were married on July 12, 1942, in Arkansas by Mr. Will Hunnicutt, then Justice of the Peace.
As always, he immediately began providing for his wife by purchasing them a place of their own out by the family farm on Hwy 88. He bought the old Cornett place by trading a 1941 Ford convertible for it. The car was black with red interior.
Lloyd joined the Air Force in 1942, and served his country until 1946.
While on the farm Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and Uncle L.C. would plow the ground at night to get it ready to plant the next day. Still not enough money could be made to supply the family with all that they needed, so Lloyd went to work for Acme Brick Company in 1947. Here he also learned to weld.
Then in 1949, Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and L. C. all once again made a business career move and bought a store and started Parsons and Son Grocery. While the store was still in operation, Grandpa Tom and Lloyd Parsons bought out L. C.'s part in the store. The store was still ran by Grandpa Tom and his son Lloyd until it finally was closed in 1963.
Before the closing of the store Lloyd got a job with the U.S. Postal Service working on the mail routes as a carrier. Working part time for three years, he then finally got a full time position in 1961. Lloyd always was overwhelmed by gifts from his patrons on his mail routes. Even after he retired, he still received gifts from those to whom he used to deliver mail to. Many of the young kids who were on his mail route are grown now and still have not forgotten him. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran and a member of the River Street Church of Christ where he served as an elder and retired from the U.S. Postal Service.
Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife of 66 years, Johanna "Mickey" Parsons; two sons, Tommy (whose wife Sharon died in 2008) and Bruce and wife Rhoda; four grandsons, Tim and wife Angelia, Mike and wife Julie, Nathan and wife Christy, and Richard and wife April; nine great-grandchildren, Tiffany and husband Adam, Tim Jr., Torrie, Trisha, Jonathan Wayne, Wade, Jonathan, Jordan, and Isaac, and several nieces and nephews that loved him dearly.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2: 30 P.M. at River Street Church of Christ in Benton officiated by Bro. George Gray and Bro. Archie Dugan. Interment will follow at New Rosemont Memorial Park.
The family requests memorials be made to Berean Children's Home, P.O. Box 1009, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 39602-0109.
Lloyd Parsons, age 86, of Benton, died January 13, 2009, at his home. Lloyd was born into this life at Caddo Gap, Arkansas, on April 11, 1922. In the fall of 1925, his father, Tom Parsons, decided to move from Caddo Gap to Saline County, Arkansas. The move was made in a covered wagon, with all possessions carried in the one trip. Those possessions being, one milk cow, a cook stove, beds, a wash pot, dishes, and extra clothes. Grandpa Tom had a sister who he knew in the area of Detonti in Saline County, and this would be their first destination.
It took two days to make the trip, with one night spent sleeping in the wagon at a wagon yard in Hot Springs. Coming into Saline County, they had to cross the Saline River making the crossing at Jackman Trail, and there was no bridge. They finally arrived at John and Emily Jane Church's home, Emily Jane being Lloyd's great aunt.
They made do there for several weeks, until Grandpa Tom could find his family a suitable place of their own. And, upon finally doing so, was able to rent a house from a lady by the name of Mrs. Hughes. For a period of about 1 ½ to 2 years Tom Parsons sharecropped land in the Shaw bottoms to make a living and provide for his family.
In 1927 there was a flood that wiped out all of the crops that they had planted for the season, thus prompting for yet another step that would again help shape and mold the Parsons family. Grandpa Tom bought a large plot of land on Highway 88, and there the family farmed, raised hogs, chickens, and some cattle. Lloyd walked approximately two miles to school every day while going to school at Mt. View. At about third grade Mt. View consolidated with Harmony Grove at which point he finally got to ride the bus to school. The bus drivers that drove the bus for Harmony Grove included many family friends, including Arvin Mills and Hugh, Frank, and Odis Mitchell. He graduated from Harmony Grove High School in 1941.
After graduation, he attended the National Youth Association in Little Rock on Fair Park Blvd. where he took classes and learned to be a machinist. He got a job in Connecticut with Pratt & Whitney, this is where he met his wife, Johanna "Mickey" Post. She was 17 years old at the time, when she turned 18, she returned to Arkansas with him and they were married on July 12, 1942, in Arkansas by Mr. Will Hunnicutt, then Justice of the Peace.
As always, he immediately began providing for his wife by purchasing them a place of their own out by the family farm on Hwy 88. He bought the old Cornett place by trading a 1941 Ford convertible for it. The car was black with red interior.
Lloyd joined the Air Force in 1942, and served his country until 1946.
While on the farm Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and Uncle L.C. would plow the ground at night to get it ready to plant the next day. Still not enough money could be made to supply the family with all that they needed, so Lloyd went to work for Acme Brick Company in 1947. Here he also learned to weld.
Then in 1949, Grandpa Tom, Lloyd, and L. C. all once again made a business career move and bought a store and started Parsons and Son Grocery. While the store was still in operation, Grandpa Tom and Lloyd Parsons bought out L. C.'s part in the store. The store was still ran by Grandpa Tom and his son Lloyd until it finally was closed in 1963.
Before the closing of the store Lloyd got a job with the U.S. Postal Service working on the mail routes as a carrier. Working part time for three years, he then finally got a full time position in 1961. Lloyd always was overwhelmed by gifts from his patrons on his mail routes. Even after he retired, he still received gifts from those to whom he used to deliver mail to. Many of the young kids who were on his mail route are grown now and still have not forgotten him. He was a U.S. Army Air Corp veteran and a member of the River Street Church of Christ where he served as an elder and retired from the U.S. Postal Service.
Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife of 66 years, Johanna "Mickey" Parsons; two sons, Tommy (whose wife Sharon died in 2008) and Bruce and wife Rhoda; four grandsons, Tim and wife Angelia, Mike and wife Julie, Nathan and wife Christy, and Richard and wife April; nine great-grandchildren, Tiffany and husband Adam, Tim Jr., Torrie, Trisha, Jonathan Wayne, Wade, Jonathan, Jordan, and Isaac, and several nieces and nephews that loved him dearly.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, January 17, 2009 at 2: 30 P.M. at River Street Church of Christ in Benton officiated by Bro. George Gray and Bro. Archie Dugan. Interment will follow at New Rosemont Memorial Park.
The family requests memorials be made to Berean Children's Home, P.O. Box 1009, Brookhaven, Mississippi, 39602-0109.
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