Durham County NcArchives Obituaries.....Parrish, Helen Lockhart July 14, 1908
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Charlotte Daily Observer
Charlotte Daily Observer
15 July 1908

Mrs. Helen L. Parrish, of Durham County
Special to The Observer

Durham, July 14-- News came here to-day of the sudden death in Mangum township,
this county, not far from Rougemont postoffice, of Mrs. Helen Lockhart Parrish,
wife of Capt. W.K. Parrish. She was stricken with paralysis after super Saturday
night and was dead soon after the midnight hour. She was unconscious most of the
time from her fatal affliction. The burial took place late Sunday afternoon, the
body being laid to rest at Old Hebron Church, the family burying place. The
burial service, which was very simple, was conducted by Rev. M.M. McFarland, of
Hillsboro.

Mrs. Parrish was 63 years of age and was the last of her family, being a
daughter of the late John Lockhart. She was the third wife of Captain Parrish,
his first two wives being other sisters of his last wife. He first married Miss
Bedia Lockhart, then Miss Margaret Lockhart and finally Miss Helen Lockhart. She
left no children but there are three step sons, Messrs W.L., Eugene and Ed
Parrish who live in the northern part of this county and two step daughters,
Mrs. Bella Lunsford, and Mrs. Burnice Griffin, of Kinston. Originally there were
two brothers and four sisters, but these have all died, the last being Mrs.
Philip Moore, the only one of the four daughters who did not become the wife of
Captain Parrish.

The sudden death of Mrs. Parrish recalls the fact that several members of her
family have died in a like manner and also recalls the tragic death of her
father, John Lockhart, who was killed by his slaves during the closing days of
the civil war. He was murdered by three slaves while he was in a field with them
and afterwards all three of the murderers were hanged in Hillsboro, two soon
after the murder and the third sometime later after he had been captured at
Goldsboro and brought back here. Durham was a portion of Orange county and in
later years, when Captain Parrish became a member of the family by marriage, he
went to the Legislature as one of two Representatives from Orange, and voted in
the Legislature of 1881 to cut off and form the county of Durham. The other
member from this section was Mr. C.B. Green, clerk of court in this county. This
note in passing as it forms a part of the history of the Lockhart and Parrish
families, who have been prominent in the past in making history in this section.
One of Mrs. Parrish’s two brothers was Capt. John S. Lockhart who won his
captaincy in the civil war, and was later and for years engaged in the
manufacturing of tobacco in this city.


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