Parsons, Charles Corbie

Passed: 1958-08-04

Age: 23

Source: Jackson Herald

Death Notice:

Obituary Date: 1958-08-08

Information:      PLANT WORKER IS KILLED MONDAY NEAR FAIRPLAIN.  Charles Corbie Parsons, 23, of Kenna, died Monday morning August 4, 1958, from injuries sustained in an automobile accident.  Corbie was born at Kenna on October 5, 1934 and was a son of Lucy Alma Parsons Parsons and the late Charles Wesley Parsons.  He had spent his life in the Kenna community where he was favorably known and was the manager of the Kenna baseball team in the Jackson County league.  He was employed by the Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp., as a store room clerk.  Young Parsons left a widow and two small children at his home in Kenna.  He married in 1953 to the former Wanda Koon, and was the father of Charles Robert, one year old and Charlotte May, 3, both at home.  Other survivors include his mother, Lucy Parsons of Ripley; three sisters, Mrs. Ilene Parsons of Kenna, and Mrs. Maxine Boggess and Miss Bonnie Parsons of Ripley.  The body was taken to the home Tuesday until service which was held at 2:00 p.m. this Wednesday afternoon in the Fairplain Church by the Rev. Herbert Anderson and Rev. John Icenhower and interment was in the Fairplain Cemetery.    NOTE:  Obituary was taken from the August 8, 1958 edition of the Jackson Herald newspaper.  For more information about the accident please refer to the newspaper.