Extracted from The News-Star (Monroe, LA)
Tuesday, July 27, 1976

Ellis Parsons

JONESBORO -- Funeral services for Ellis Parson[s], 91, of Jonesboro were at 10 a.m. today in the chapel of Southern Funeral Home here with the Rev. Pat Lofton and the Rev. Carl Rushing officiating.

Burial was in Midway Cemetery near here for Mr. Parsons who died Monday in Jackson Manor Nursing Home after a brief illness.

Survivors include his widow, Mrs. Pearl Parsons of Jonesboro; one son, Lonnie Parsons of Winnfield; one daughter, Miss Rosemary Parsons of Winnfield; one stepson, Brooks Buchanan of Yuma, Ariz.; one stepdaughter, Mrs. Bernice Prince of Jonesboro; and six grandchildren.