Potter Co. TX - Obit for William Howard Parsons
   
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   William  Howard  Parsons  was born to Mr. and Mrs. James L. Parsons on
   February  20,  1906  at  Reydon,  Oklahoma,  and departed this life on
   January  14,  1954  at Seaside Hospital, Long Beach, California from a
   sudden heart attack.
   He  was  reared in the Midway community and graduated from Midway High
   School  with  the  class  of  1925,  and attended the Wichita Business
   College  at  Wichita,  Kansas.  He was united in marriage to Freda Lee
   Roberts  January  29, 1931 at Kingfisher and to this union 3 sons were
   born.  They resided in the Midway school district until 1948 when they
   moved to Bushland, Texas.
   He is survived by his wife Mrs. W.H. Parsons of Bushland, Texas, three
   sons, Willis Howard Parson, Jr., Jimmy Lee Parsons, who are serving in
   the U.S. Navy and Robert Wesley Parsons, and one daughter-in-law, Mrs.
   Jimmy  Lee  Parsons,  Three  sisters, Mrs. Clara pride of Reydon, Mrs.
   Fannie Baker of Duaham, Oklahoma, Mrs. Lula Lillenthal of Los Angeles,
   California; four brothers, G.B. Parsons of Roswell, N.M., Bill Parsons
   of  Highgrove,  California,  J.D.  Parsons,  Reydon,  Oklahoma, Lonnie
   Parsons of Whittler, California, his father and mother and one brother
   preceded  him in death. He was a devoted husband and father and a host
   of friends.
   The funeral services were held Monday, January 18, 1954 at, the Reydon
   community  building  at  2P.M.  with Rev. Charlie Simpson, officiating
   with interment in the White Rose cemetery, Reydon, Roger Mills County,
   Oklahoma, with the Moore Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
   The  palll  bearers  were:  Kenneth  King,  Andrew Garver, Mike Woods,
   Buford Ingerson, Tom Swope and Jesse Bessire.
   Cheyenne Star, Cheyenne, Ok