Obit of William Granville Parris (p620) - Grady County, Oklahoma

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The Chickasha Express-Star
16 June 2002

WILLIAM GRANVILLE PARRIS

William Granville Parris, 82, died Wednesday, June 12, 2002, in Oklahoma 
City.  Funeral services were Saturday, June 15, 2002, in Gray Funeral Home 
Chapel, with Jim Antwine, Lawton, officiating.  Burial was in Grandfield 
Memorial Cemetery.

Mr. Parris was born August 8, 1919, in Tillman County, Oklahoma, to George 
and Alice (McMahon) Parris.  At an early age he moved to Munday, Texas, 
where he lived until relocating to the Grandfield and Davidson areas in 
1923.  He attended Wilson Consolidated School and Victory High School where 
he graduated in 1938.  He and Nonnie Lee Holder were married in 1941.  She 
preceded him in death on November 15, 1991.  Granville was in the U. S. Navy 
from 1942 to 1945, and was awarded the Victory Medal and Good Conduct Medal.  

He farmed and was the owner/operator of a trucking company.  He retired in 
1975, and moved to Kingston, Oklahoma.  He and Lois (Baldwin) were married 
June 10, 1992, in Whitesboro, Texas.  They moved to Chickasha in 2001, where 
he resided until his death.

Survivors include:  son, William Granville Parris, Jr. (Nick); daughters, Dana 
Rainey, of Burneyville, Oklahoma, Mitzi Horn, of Durant; one sister, Geraldine 
Oswalt, of Chickasha; 10 grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren.  One daughter, 
Stacy Castleberry, also preceded him in death.  He was a Baptist.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Grandfield Memorial Cemetery fund, 
the American Cancer Society, 4323 NW 63rd Street, Suite 110, Oklahoma City, 
Oklahoma 73116-1513, or the American Heart Association, PO Box 1653, Topeka, 
Kansas.