Marie Parsley

SERVICES: 10:00 AM Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006 in Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel with Pastor Kyle Ohsfeldt of Grace Baptist Church, and Rev. Roger Bray, Mrs. Parsley's son-in-law and pastor of Central Christian Church in Pocatello, Idaho, officiating.BURIAL: Memory Gardens CemeteryBIOGRAPHY: Mrs. Parsley was born Aug. 21, 1932 in Laketon, Texas. She moved to Pampa in 1934 where she had been a lifelong resident. She married A. C. Parsley in 1948 in Pampa, and they were married for 44 years. She owned and operated the Crow's Roost Café in Fort Cobb Lake, Oklahoma for 6 years, and she was a Hilcoa/Hillstead vitamin distributor since 1965. She was also a salesperson for Wheaton/Tiara Glassware. Mrs. Parsley was a member of the Knights of Pythias Lodge and the Pythian Sisters. Her passions were bowling, playing bingo, and cooking. She will be remembered as a loving mother, grandmother, and great grandmother.SURVIVORS: 4 daughters: Viola Bray and husband Roger of Pocatello, Idaho; Kathy Cluck and husband Joe of Amarillo; Rita Stephens and husband Clay of Mason City, Iowa; and Nita Mackey of Perryton; 2 sons: Ronnie Parsley and wife Betty and Randy Parsley and wife Michele, all of Pampa; 1 sister: Correne Nichols of Pampa; 22 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents, Daudie and Magnolia Mize, and by a brother, J. D. Mize.MEMORIALS: Grace Baptist Church, 824 S. Barnes, Pampa, TX 79065 or Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, 2201 Civic Circle, Amarillo, TX 79109.SPECIAL NOTICE: The family will receive friends at 621 S. Tignor.