Obituary of Beryl Stark Parham former resident of Richland Parish Louisiana
as published in the Richland Beacon News, March 14, 20002
Submitted by for the USGenWeb Archives by Dot Golliher, 07/28/2004




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Beryl Stark Parham

Funeral services for Beryl Stark Parham, 85, of Baton Rouge,
formerly of Mangham, were held March 6, 2002 at Mangham United 
Methodist Church with Rev. Henry Stone officiating.

Burial followed in Gwin Cemetery, under the direction of
Mulhearn Funeral Home.

Mrs. Parham died March 3, 2002, in Baton Rouge.

She was a graduate of Mangham High School and North Louisiana
College. She also attended Louisiana State University. Mrs.
Parham was a member of First United Methodist Church, in Baton
Rouge, and was a member of P.E.O. Chapter W, the D.A.R., and
American Legion Auxillary, and many other civic and community
organizations.

Mrs. Parham was preceded in death by her paremts, T.W. Stark and
Fannie Boughton Stark; her husband Alvin Pink Parham;a daughter
Dottie Kate Parham; and a sister, Dorothy Stark Matthews.

She is survived by two daughters, Charlotte Parham Craft and her
husband, F. Baron Craft of Houston, Texas, and Carmen Parham Butts
and her husband, Michael J. Butts, of New Braunfels, Texas; six
granchildren, F. Baron Craft, Jr., Claudia Craft Huthnance, and 
Sharon Craft, all of Houston; Michael J. Butts Jr., of Dallas,
Roger Butts of Chicago, Ill., Rachel Butts Tilley, of Austin, Texas;
and twin great-granddaughters, Sydney and Anna Renee Huthnance.

Serving as pallbearers were Floyd Bruce Boughton, Robert L. "Bubbs"
Bell, Rick Hixon,Bryan Hixon, Robert Louis Boughton and Pat Barham. 
Honorary pallbearers were Bennie Hixon, Charles Tillman, Aubrey B. Parham,
Harold Schlais, Honeycutt Foreman, Richard Reynolds, Mark Cooper Brown,
Bill Bruce and Jimmy Bruce