IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Joan Ann
Scott Parson
March 21, 1943 – June 5, 2011
Obituary
JOAN ANN SCOTT PARSON, Age 68, a resident of East Prairie, died Sunday, June 5, 2011 at the Barnes Hospital in St. Louis from injuries sustained in an accident on I-55 in Perry County, MO.
She was born March 21, 1943 at Dorena, MO to Virginia L. Johnson Scott who survives of East Prairie and the late Lyle F. Scott. She received her Bachelor degree from Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau and her masters degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) in secondary education with an emphasis in English. Shortly after her marriage, she and her husband moved to St. Louis where she taught High School English a number of years. In 1995, she and her husband returned to East Prairie to be near her family and she continued to teach at area schools including Delta C-7 at Deering, Caruthersville and East Prairie High School. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
On April 11, 1958, she married James Woodrow "Woody" Parson, who preceded her in death June 5, 2011.
Surviving besides her mother are: two sons, James Parson, Jr. of Washington, MO and Scott Parson of Farmington, MO; one daughter, Elizabeth Bennett of St. Louis; two brothers, Douglas Scott of Plainfield, IN and Gregory Scott of East Prairie; three sisters, Janice Drummond, Judy Sutton and Sharon Pruett all of East Prairie; 10 grandchildren, Amanda Parson, Rachel Windle, Kayla Parson, Jayme Martinez, Mary Beth Bennett, Andrew Bennett, Kali Parson, Samantha Parson, Ryan Parson and Reid Parson; one great grandson, Treston Drennen.
Preceding her in death besides her husband and father are two brothers, Terry Scott and Jerry Scott.
Joint visitation for she and her husband will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, June 10, 2011 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where joint funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 11. 2011. Bill Bradley of Charleston, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Jerry Maxwell, Clay Eaves, Craig Scott, Clinton Wolford, Johnny Jones, and Richard Sutton.
She was born March 21, 1943 at Dorena, MO to Virginia L. Johnson Scott who survives of East Prairie and the late Lyle F. Scott. She received her Bachelor degree from Southeast Missouri State University at Cape Girardeau and her masters degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) in secondary education with an emphasis in English. Shortly after her marriage, she and her husband moved to St. Louis where she taught High School English a number of years. In 1995, she and her husband returned to East Prairie to be near her family and she continued to teach at area schools including Delta C-7 at Deering, Caruthersville and East Prairie High School. She was a member of the Church of Christ.
On April 11, 1958, she married James Woodrow "Woody" Parson, who preceded her in death June 5, 2011.
Surviving besides her mother are: two sons, James Parson, Jr. of Washington, MO and Scott Parson of Farmington, MO; one daughter, Elizabeth Bennett of St. Louis; two brothers, Douglas Scott of Plainfield, IN and Gregory Scott of East Prairie; three sisters, Janice Drummond, Judy Sutton and Sharon Pruett all of East Prairie; 10 grandchildren, Amanda Parson, Rachel Windle, Kayla Parson, Jayme Martinez, Mary Beth Bennett, Andrew Bennett, Kali Parson, Samantha Parson, Ryan Parson and Reid Parson; one great grandson, Treston Drennen.
Preceding her in death besides her husband and father are two brothers, Terry Scott and Jerry Scott.
Joint visitation for she and her husband will be held from 5:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m., Friday, June 10, 2011 at the McMikle Funeral Home in Charleston where joint funeral services will be conducted at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, June 11. 2011. Bill Bradley of Charleston, will officiate.
Interment will follow in the Dogwood Cemetery near East Prairie under the direction of the McMikle Funeral Home.
Pallbearers will be: Jerry Maxwell, Clay Eaves, Craig Scott, Clinton Wolford, Johnny Jones, and Richard Sutton.
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