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Phoeba Parson, 93, of Orma, died Wednesday, July 4, at CAMC
Memorial Hospital.
Born in Calhoun County, she was a daughter of the late John and Melinda Whitlatch
Cottrell. Mrs. Parsons was a homemaker and a lifelong musician, who traveled the
East coast playing music, won numerous old-time banjo contests, and was the
recipient of the 1987 Vandalia Award in Charleston.
Surviving are four sons, Thomas Parson of Marshville, N.C., Eugene Parsons and
Dennis Parsons, both of Orma, and Roscoe parsons of Millstone; one daughter,
Velma Barnes of Millstone; 11 grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and seven
great-great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Perry Parsons; and three sons.
Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. at Stump Funeral Home,
Arnoldsburg. The Rev. Kenneth W. Parsons will officiate. Interment will be in the
Parsons Cemetery near Orma. Friends may call at the funeral home from 6 to 9
p.m. Friday.
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