Mrs. Mary Parson

Mrs. Mary Allen Jones Parson, age 89, resident of De Queen, Arkansas, passed from this life on Friday, July 10, 2020 at the Little River Memorial Hospital, Ashdown.

Mary, affectionately known as "Chuck," was born to Bert and Ethel Poteet Jones on March 21, 1931 in Graysonia, Arkansas. She married the love of her life, Melvin R. Parson, on September 7, 1946 in Mineral Springs, Arkansas, and to this union, five children were born. Chuck was a homemaker and member of First Methodist Church. She enjoyed attending Sunday school, church services and spending time with the Methodist Ladies Book Club. She also enjoyed playing cards with friends, gardening, canning, making jelly and baking cookies and cakes with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband of 61 years, Melvin R. "Pete" Parson; one son, Bobby J. Parson; two brothers, Grady Jones and Buddy Jones; and two sisters, Dimple Jones and Juanita Head.

Chuck is survived by one daughter, Judy Uzzell and her husband Melvin of Memphis, Tennessee; three sons, Ronnie Parson and his wife Kathy of Little Rock, Arkansas, Ricky Parson and his wife Donna, and Jerry Parson, all of De Queen; a daughter-in-law, Phyllis Parson of Bellevue, Nebraska; 13 grandchildren; 25 great-grandchildren; one sister, Betty Jo Burns of Malvern, Arkansas; as well as, nieces, nephews, other relatives and a host of friends.

Memorial Services for Mrs. Mary Parson will be held at 2:00 P.M., Saturday, July 18, 2020 in the Chandler Funeral Home Chapel. Cremation arrangements are under the direction of Chandler Funeral Home, De Queen. You may send an online sympathy message at www.chandlerfuneral.com.

The family wishes to extend their appreciation to the staff of Little River Nursing and Rehab in Ashdown.

In lieu of flowers, memorial may be made to the First United Methodist Church in De Queen.