OBITUARIES--FANNIN CO., GA--Avery Johnson Parris, 1969

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Published in the McCaysville Citizen, McCaysville, GA, September 25, 1969

Avery Johnson Parris, 78, a native and life-long resident of Fannin County, died in an Atlanta
nursing home early Saturday morning, September 20, following a long illness. He went to work with
the Tennessee Copper Company on September 1, 1936, and he retired April 1, 1967. Prior to this
employment he was with the old D. C. & L. of Isabella. Mr. Parris is a former chairman of the
Fannin County Board of Education. He is survived by his wife, the former Jessie Hickey of the
home on the old Blue Ridge road; two daughters, Mrs. Orville Opp, of Atlanta; and Mrs. Jack
McLaughlin, Doraville, Ga.; three sons, Col. Sam H. Parris, Ft. Monmouth, N. J., John N. Parris,
Decatur, Ga., and Joel Ben Parris, Rome, Ga.; one brother, Farrish Parris, Englewood, Calif.;
four sisters, Mrs. Edith Chancey, Los Angeles, Mrs. Evelyn Howell, Long Beach, Calif., Mrs. E. E.
Hellerstedt, and Miss Ethel Parris, Blue Ridge Highway; and 13 grandchildren. Interment was in
the Toccoa Cemetery.