"P" OBITUARIES

Boone County Arkansas Genealogy Trails

Walter Moore PARRISH

LEMANSLEE ELIZABETH PINKLEY

Cleveland, OK--WALTER MOORE PARRISH, was born November 22, 1906, in Lead Hill, Boone County, AR. He was the son of Feegee and Abbie (Moore) Parrish. Walter moved with his family at an early age to Anadarko, OK, where he was raised and attended school, graduating from Anadarko High School in 1924. Walter was voted most popular boy during his senior year. While attending high school, he met Delia Christeene Cooper, known as Sis. Walter and Sis were both hired by Western Union as Telegraph Operators and often communicated with each via the telegraph. Walter, in fact, proposed marriage to Sis on the telegraph in 1927. The couple was married on March 14, 1927, in Lexington, OK. They made their initial home in Purcell but moved to Cleveland, OK, on January 1, 1928. The couple had 1 daughter, Wanda, and continued to call Cleveland home throughout their 75 years of marriage. Walter and Sis purchased the Arlington Hotel, a Cleveland landmark for many years, on September 1, 1936, and operated the hotel for nearly 7 years before selling the hotel in December of 1943. Walt enlisted in the United States Army after selling the hotel, but was deferred from active duty due to age. The couple then moved to Sayre for a short time as Walt began working for the MKT Railroad as a Telegraph Operator. They returned to Cleveland after a short stay in Sayre, when Walter was transferred to that area with the railroad. He was later employed in the mid 1950's by the United States Postal Service as a Mail Carrier, retiring in 1972. After the couple's retirement from the postal service and the Cleveland Public Library, respectively, they moved to Muskogee to be near their family. They later returned to Cleveland in the early 1990's and moved into the Baptist Retirement Village. Walt and Sis were honored as Cleveland's Outstanding Citizens a few years ago and received a citation from the Governor of Oklahoma. They both were longtime and faithful members of the First United Methodist Church in Cleveland. He was an avid baseball fan and also enjoyed carpentry and woodworking. Sis preceded him in death on March 8, 2002. Walt continued to reside at the Baptist Village for a time after the death of his wife, but moved to the Baptist Village in Owasso in order to receive additional care. He later moved to the Forest Hill Nursing Home in Broken Arrow. Walter Parrish passed away on Saturday, October 30, 2005, at the Southcrest Hospital in Tulsa, at the age of 98 years, 11 months and 8 days. In addition to his wife, Walt was preceded in death by: his parents; 4 brothers, Kenzie, Johnny, Feegee and Tullie Parrish; and a sister, Abbie Lee Parrish. Walter is survived by: a daughter, Wanda Groom of Carlsbad, CA; 2 grandsons, and their wives, Garry and Robbie Groom of Tulsa, OK, and Terry and Theresa Groom of Muskogee, OK; granddaughter and her husband, Mikey and Peter Regan of Carlsbad, CA; great-grandson, Garry Parrish Groom, Jr. of Tulsa, OK; 4 great-granddaughters, Kristi Groom of Tulsa, OK, Jennifer Thigpen of Crossett, AR, Caryle Groom of Dallas, TX and Lindsey Groom of Afghanistan; and 2 great-great-grandsons, Tyler and Phillip Henson, both of Tulsa, OK. Funeral service will be held at 10 a.m., Wednesday, November 2, 2005, at the Chapel of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home with Rev. George Boston officiating. Burial will be at the Woodland Cemetery under the direction of the Chapman-Black Funeral Home, Cleveland, OK.  --Tulsa World (OK) - November 2, 2005.

Mrs. L.E. Pinkley Dies at age of 90 years. 
Local pioneer called by Death 1933
Crossed plains in Early Day

Another of the real pioneers of the Estacada community has passed into the great beyond with the death of Mrs. Lemanslee E. Pinkley, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dorothy E. Hirte, last Saturday evening, October 28. Mrs. Pinkley was 90 years, 2 months and 19 days old. Deceased was born in Boone County, Arkansas on August 9, 1843. With her parents, she crossed the plains by ox-team in the year 1855, since which time she has been a resident of Oregon.

On January 1, 1857, she was married to Joseph Pinkley. To this union were born 11 children, six of whom are still living. Mrs. Pinkley was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church since her childhood. She is survived by six children: Mrs., Julia A. Masse, Elijah Pinkley, Mrs. Emma C. Hawkins, Mrs. Dorothy E. Hirte and A.W. Pinkley of Estacada, and Mrs. Effie P. Hoare, of Canyon City, OR; one brother, J.K. DeShields of Estacada; 26 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren and 15 great-great-grandchildren .