Gentry county Missouri, Obituaries:  Donald E. Parrish

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Submitted by: <dhr1953@hotmail.com>  Don Raymond

The Tri-County News, Gentry County Missouri, Friday, May 4, 2001:
     Donald E. Parrish, 72, Ravenwood, died April 25, 2001, at a North Kansas
     City hospital.

     He was born Sept. 21, 1928 in Gentry County and was a former resident of
     Stanberry.  He was a Korean War Army veteran.  Mr. Parrish was retired from
     the Mo. State Highway Department, where he worked as a crew leader and road
     grader.  He was a member of the Alanthus Church of Christ, Alanthus Grove.

     On Oct. 30, 1952 he married Delores Ann Osborn.  She survives at the home. 
     Additional survivors include a son, Patrick Parrish, Stanberry; a daughter,
     Donna Adams, Grant City; a brother, Charlie Parrish, Stanberry and three
     great-grandchildren.

     He was preceded in death by his parents, Paul and Dorothy (Terry) Parrish
     and a son, Danny Parrish.

     Funeral services were held at the Alanthus Church of Christ in Alanthus
     Grove on April 28, under the direction of the Roberson-Polley Chapel in
     Stanberry.  Burial was in High Ridge cemetery, Stanberry.