Augusta Daily Gazette - May 31, 2007
Neal Parrish, 75, of Augusta, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2007 at MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
There will be no viewing and a private burial service will be held. A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, 2007, at the First United Methodist Church, Augusta.
Neal was born in Chetopa, Kan. on Sept. 19, 1931, the son of the late Walter L. and Ida Jane (Elliott) Parrish. Neal spent his early years helping with the family farm and going to a one-room country school house outside of Welch, Okla. His family moved to a farm outside of Arcadia, Kan., where Neal attended class and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1949.
On May 24, 1954 Neal married Dena Verlee Harris in Arcadia. He began working for the Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott. He would continue to work for the company through the mid 1960's in various capacities in Fort Scott, Lyons, and Augusta.
Neal began a long career as an Augusta businessman in the late 1960's when he became manager of Prairie State Insurance. Later, he would start his own insurance, home loan, and real estate business; Neal Parrish and Associates. In the early 1990's Neal sold this business and was then elected to two terms as Butler County Commissioner and one term as Butler County Treasurer.
Neal was a member of First United Methodist Church of Augusta, Midian Shrine, KCCH Scottish Rite, and the Augusta Country Club. He was a past president of Augusta Lions Club, Augusta Chamber of Commerce, and the Augusta Country Club. He was an avid golfer who loved people and in turn was well known and loved by those who came in contact with him at the country club.
Neal is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dena Verlee; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ben and Kathy of Augusta and Barry and Robin of Wichita; five grandchildren, Natalie Parrish, Matthew Parrish, Sarah Ward and her husband Sean, Isaiah Johnson, and Nicholas Tate; one great grandson, Noah Cooper Ward. He is also survived by his brother, John of Pittsburg, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Frank and a sister, Ruth Eggen.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like to respectfully request that any donations be made to Augusta Junior Golf at the Augusta Country Club.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
Neal Parrish, 75, of Augusta, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2007 at MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
There will be no viewing and a private burial service will be held. A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, 2007, at the First United Methodist Church, Augusta.
Neal was born in Chetopa, Kan. on Sept. 19, 1931, the son of the late Walter L. and Ida Jane (Elliott) Parrish. Neal spent his early years helping with the family farm and going to a one-room country school house outside of Welch, Okla. His family moved to a farm outside of Arcadia, Kan., where Neal attended class and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1949.
On May 24, 1954 Neal married Dena Verlee Harris in Arcadia. He began working for the Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott. He would continue to work for the company through the mid 1960's in various capacities in Fort Scott, Lyons, and Augusta.
Neal began a long career as an Augusta businessman in the late 1960's when he became manager of Prairie State Insurance. Later, he would start his own insurance, home loan, and real estate business; Neal Parrish and Associates. In the early 1990's Neal sold this business and was then elected to two terms as Butler County Commissioner and one term as Butler County Treasurer.
Neal was a member of First United Methodist Church of Augusta, Midian Shrine, KCCH Scottish Rite, and the Augusta Country Club. He was a past president of Augusta Lions Club, Augusta Chamber of Commerce, and the Augusta Country Club. He was an avid golfer who loved people and in turn was well known and loved by those who came in contact with him at the country club.
Neal is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dena Verlee; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ben and Kathy of Augusta and Barry and Robin of Wichita; five grandchildren, Natalie Parrish, Matthew Parrish, Sarah Ward and her husband Sean, Isaiah Johnson, and Nicholas Tate; one great grandson, Noah Cooper Ward. He is also survived by his brother, John of Pittsburg, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Frank and a sister, Ruth Eggen.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like to respectfully request that any donations be made to Augusta Junior Golf at the Augusta Country Club.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
Augusta Daily Gazette - May 31, 2007
Neal Parrish, 75, of Augusta, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2007 at MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
There will be no viewing and a private burial service will be held. A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, 2007, at the First United Methodist Church, Augusta.
Neal was born in Chetopa, Kan. on Sept. 19, 1931, the son of the late Walter L. and Ida Jane (Elliott) Parrish. Neal spent his early years helping with the family farm and going to a one-room country school house outside of Welch, Okla. His family moved to a farm outside of Arcadia, Kan., where Neal attended class and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1949.
On May 24, 1954 Neal married Dena Verlee Harris in Arcadia. He began working for the Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott. He would continue to work for the company through the mid 1960's in various capacities in Fort Scott, Lyons, and Augusta.
Neal began a long career as an Augusta businessman in the late 1960's when he became manager of Prairie State Insurance. Later, he would start his own insurance, home loan, and real estate business; Neal Parrish and Associates. In the early 1990's Neal sold this business and was then elected to two terms as Butler County Commissioner and one term as Butler County Treasurer.
Neal was a member of First United Methodist Church of Augusta, Midian Shrine, KCCH Scottish Rite, and the Augusta Country Club. He was a past president of Augusta Lions Club, Augusta Chamber of Commerce, and the Augusta Country Club. He was an avid golfer who loved people and in turn was well known and loved by those who came in contact with him at the country club.
Neal is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dena Verlee; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ben and Kathy of Augusta and Barry and Robin of Wichita; five grandchildren, Natalie Parrish, Matthew Parrish, Sarah Ward and her husband Sean, Isaiah Johnson, and Nicholas Tate; one great grandson, Noah Cooper Ward. He is also survived by his brother, John of Pittsburg, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Frank and a sister, Ruth Eggen.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like to respectfully request that any donations be made to Augusta Junior Golf at the Augusta Country Club.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
Neal Parrish, 75, of Augusta, passed away on Monday, May 28, 2007 at MD Anderson Medical Center in Houston, Texas, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.
There will be no viewing and a private burial service will be held. A memorial service will be 1:30 p.m. Saturday, June 2, 2007, at the First United Methodist Church, Augusta.
Neal was born in Chetopa, Kan. on Sept. 19, 1931, the son of the late Walter L. and Ida Jane (Elliott) Parrish. Neal spent his early years helping with the family farm and going to a one-room country school house outside of Welch, Okla. His family moved to a farm outside of Arcadia, Kan., where Neal attended class and graduated from Arcadia High School in 1949.
On May 24, 1954 Neal married Dena Verlee Harris in Arcadia. He began working for the Western Insurance Company in Fort Scott. He would continue to work for the company through the mid 1960's in various capacities in Fort Scott, Lyons, and Augusta.
Neal began a long career as an Augusta businessman in the late 1960's when he became manager of Prairie State Insurance. Later, he would start his own insurance, home loan, and real estate business; Neal Parrish and Associates. In the early 1990's Neal sold this business and was then elected to two terms as Butler County Commissioner and one term as Butler County Treasurer.
Neal was a member of First United Methodist Church of Augusta, Midian Shrine, KCCH Scottish Rite, and the Augusta Country Club. He was a past president of Augusta Lions Club, Augusta Chamber of Commerce, and the Augusta Country Club. He was an avid golfer who loved people and in turn was well known and loved by those who came in contact with him at the country club.
Neal is survived by his wife of 53 years, Dena Verlee; two sons and daughters-in-law, Ben and Kathy of Augusta and Barry and Robin of Wichita; five grandchildren, Natalie Parrish, Matthew Parrish, Sarah Ward and her husband Sean, Isaiah Johnson, and Nicholas Tate; one great grandson, Noah Cooper Ward. He is also survived by his brother, John of Pittsburg, Kan.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a brother, Frank and a sister, Ruth Eggen.
In lieu of flowers, the family would like to respectfully request that any donations be made to Augusta Junior Golf at the Augusta Country Club.
Arrangements by Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta.
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