Betty “Dee” Parrish

Sunset Memorial Park
Funeral Home and Crematory, LLC
1700 Barrington Rd. Midland City, AL
(334) 983-6604
Robert and Toni Byrd

www.SunsetMemorialPark.com

Betty “Dee” Parrish, a resident of Dothan, Dee-Feated leukemia on Sunday, May 26, 2019 at a local hospital when she entered into the presence of Jesus. She is now healthy and happy. She was 74.

Mrs. Parrish’s memorial service will be held at 3 pm on Thursday, May 30, 2019 in Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Ray Jones officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Thursday from 1-3 pm. Graveside services will be held at 1 pm on Friday, May 31, 2019 in Andalusia Memorial Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Freedom Campaign of Ridgecrest Baptist Church, 1231 Fortner St., Dothan, AL 36301 or to Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, winshipcancer.emory.edu/support. (Please select “Memorial Gifts” and enter Betty “Dee” Parrish as the honoree. If you wish, acknowledgements can be sent to Doug Parrish at his home address.)

Mrs. Parrish was born on August 1, 1944 in Andalusia, Alabama and lived there the early years of her life. She was a 1962 graduate of Andalusia High School and a graduate of the Patricia Stevens Business School in Atlanta, GA. She married the love of her life, Douglas Parrish on May 5, 1964. After a few years living in New Mexico and then Ohio, they settled in Houston, TX for 34 years. Mrs. Parrish was employed with the Cy-Fair Independent School District until her retirement. Mrs. Parrish accepted her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ in 1974. She was a member of Bear Creek Baptist Church in Houston where she served as church clerk, in the children’s ministry and in the church choir. Mr. & Mrs. Parrish moved to Dothan in 2013 and became active members of Ridgecrest Baptist Church. She was a member of the Mayon Sewell Sunday School Class and the Ridgecrest Choir. She was a wonderful wife, a loving mother, and a faithful friend to many. She loved Navarre Beach and created many wonderful memories with her family on vacations there for years. Mrs. Parrish never met a stranger and was an active member of the Dothan Newcomers Club.

Survivors include her husband of 55 years, Doug Parrish; her daughter, Beverly (Warren) Skinner; her brother, Wayne (Lenore) Eubanks; her sister and brother-in-law, Hilda and Presley Boswell; her cousin, Kathy (Joe) Grimes; and 2 nephews also survive.

Robert Byrd of Sunset Funeral Home, (334) 983-6604, is in charge of arrangements. Please call us or visit www.SunsetMemorialPark.com for more information.