Starkville News   

J. N. Parrish Killed in Truck Accident

Services for Oktibbeha Dairyman Conducted Tuesday Morning

Joseph N. Parrish, prominent Oktibbeha County dairymen, was killed about 3. p.m Sunday 
afternoon, December 21, 1947, when a truck he was driving left the highway, turned over,
and crushed him.  The accident occurred on the Sessums Road about 1-1/2 miles from
that community near Hunter Arnold's place.

Apparently Mr. Parrish was killed instantly and was dead when found a few minutes after
the wreck.  The mishap was attributed to faulty mechanism in the truck.  He was on his
way to his farm near Sessums at the time of the accident and was alone.

Services were held from the Martin Funeral Home 10 a.m. Tuesday morning and burial was
in the Stewart Parrish Cemetery.  Reverend R. F. Sloop conducted the services and members
of Oktibbeha Post No. 13 of the American Legion were pall bearers.  He was 59.

Mr. Parrish was a member of the Marine Corps during the first World War and was
discharged in 1922 with the rank of first sergeant.  He was a member of the Methodist
Church.

He leaves his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Spooks Murphy of Memphis; and four sons, Joe
Parrish of Columbus, Carl Stewart, Morris and Jimmy Parrish.  He is also survived by
two brothers, Stewart and B. J. Parrish of the Sessums Community.

Transcribed by C. L. Herrick and donated to 
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