Mary Harris Parson, age 91, of Gillsville, Georgia, went to be with The Lord on Sunday, December 25, 2022.
Mrs. Parson was born on February 23, 1931, in Gillsville, Georgia to the late Joe and Pearl Peppers Harris. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, Lamertine Parson; sisters, Ollie Savage, Margie Sanders, Ruby Harris, Willie Jean Owensby; brother, Jerry Harris. Mrs. Parson was a member of Silver Shoals Baptist Church. She was retired from Craven’s Pottery, but most of all, she was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother.
Survivors include her daughters and sons-in-law, Joyce and Kenny Crumley, of Gillsville; Jan and Steve Parks, of Lula; son and daughter-in-law, Keith “Bull” Parson and Nicole Parson, of Gillsville; sister, Ruth Parson, of Gillsville; brothers, William Harris, of Gillsville; John Harris, of Gillsville; Howard Harris, of Gillsville; James Harris, of Lula; six grandchildren, nine great-grandchildren, and one great-great-grandchild.
The family would like to extend their gratitude to Mrs. Parson’s caregiver, Apryl Carroll.
Funeral Services will be held at 2:00 p.m., Tuesday, December 27, 2022, at the Silver Shoals Baptist Church with Rev. Mike Irvin and Rev. Jason Simmons officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery, with Rev. Kenneth Barrett officiating.
The family will receive friends from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Monday, December 26, 2022, at the Whitfield Funeral Home, South Chapel.
Flowers will be accepted, or memorials may be made to the Silver Shoals Baptist Church, 939 Antioch Road, Lula, Georgia 30554.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the Whitfield Funeral Homes & Crematory, South Chapel, at 1370 Industrial Boulevard, Baldwin, Georgia 30511. Telephone: 706-778-7123.
