Hunt Co., TX - Obits: Jimmy Parr ***************************************************** This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb by: Sarah Swindell USGenWeb Archives. Copyright. All rights reserved http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ***************************************************** Jimmy Parr Jimmy (James Edwin) Parr, 65, of Diboll, died December 16, 1977. Funeral services were held at Gipson Funeral Chapel in Diboll with the Rev. George Hearn and the Rev. J. Carr Pell officiating. Burial was in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. Mr. Parr was born October 29, 1912, at Celeste. He was a 1931 Celeste High School graduate. He had resided in Diboll for the past fourteen years, having previously lived in Lufkin. He was assistant manager of the Big Tin Barn in Diboll, and a member of the Diboll First United Methodist Church. Survivors include his wife, Marion, of Diboll; two sons, Cary Parr and Bill Parr, both of Diboll; two daughters, Mrs. Betty Lou Lane of Kingweed and Mrs. Saundra Daniel of Hamshire; two sisters, Mrs. Christine (CHS, 1935) Lacey of Dallas and Mrs. Hazel (CHS, 1933) Jones of Leonard; also eight grandchildren. (January 6, 1978, The Celeste Courier)