A Celebration of Life will be held for Winnona Parrish at 10:00 a.m. , Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Sylvania Church in Tyler with Dr. Matthew McKellar and Dr. Phillip Dancy officiating.  A time of visitation will be held at 9:00 a.m. , prior to the service.  A graveside service will be held at 2:00 p.m. , Saturday , at Mt. Vernon Cemetery in Mt. Vernon.  Mrs. Parrish passed away September 7, 2016 in Marshall.

Winnona Parrish was born May 21, 1916, in Ander, TX to Jesse W. and Nora Albrecht Watson.  She was a graduate of Sam Houston High School, University of Houston and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. She married Nelson Parrish on February 16 1945, and together they raised 4 daughters and pastored several churches in Texas over the next 50 years.  They also pastored a mission for a year in Hilo, Hawaii.  Mrs. Parrish was a school teacher in the Mt. Pleasant and Kilgore areas.  She enjoyed reading, and loved working in the church library at Sylvania where she attended church for many years until her health began to fail.

Mrs. Parrish is survived by her daughters, Nancy Wilson (Lynn) of Marshall, Sue Parrish of Tyler, Cheryl Parrish of Austin, Patty Hammontree (Rickey) of Overton; grandsons, Tommy Wilson (Sherri), Shane Wilson, David Wilson (Kaci) all of Marshall, Josh Hammontree (Lindsay) of Kilgore, Tyler Hammontree, Hunter Hammontree both of Overton; 14 great grandchildren; 2 great-great grandchildren; brother, Jesse W. "Dub" Watson (Mary) of Harlingen; brother-in-law, Willie Ray Smith of Mt. Pleasant; sister-in-law, Mamie Jean Rich of Mt. Pleasant; and numerous other extended family.