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Parsons, Jack A., LCdr USNR Ret.

appeared in Pensacola News Journal, 1 Nov 2012
Description
Media Type
Genealogical Resource
Newspaper
Item Type
Obituaries
Notes
Birth Date: 1923-10-07
Spouse: Yvonne Parsons
Survived by: His wife of 61 years, Yvonne; three sons, Paul (Carmen), Jeffrey (Rhonda) and Dennis (Julie); 10 grandchildren, Timothy (Alexandra), James, Evan (Jeff) Baggett, Michael, Natalie, Bryan, Ross, Andrew, Miranda and Kyle; two great-granddaughters, Annabelle and Josephine; a sister, Mae Uttecht; 15 nieces and nephews
Age 89; resident of Pensacola FL; born in Omaha NE to Arthur and Hazel Swan Parsons; 1941 graduate of Edgewater H.S. in Colorado; 28-year career as Naval Aviator; WWII earned gold wings at Naval Aviation Cadet Program NAS Denver, served on USS Enterprise at Pearl Harbor HI; after war enrolled in U. of Colorado School of Engineering/joined Naval Air Reserve Program at NAS Denver; Korean Conflict recalled to active duty, sent to NAS San Diego CA; 1955 assigned to NAS Pensacola, Whiting Field and Cory Field, later served in NAS Seattle, NAS Glenview IL and NAS Olathe KS; retired to Pensacola, employed by John A. Merritt Steamship Agency as Cargo Coordinator; volunteered at National Museum of Naval Aviation, 30-year member of Myrtle Grove Methodist Church; preceded in death by his brother, William (Bill( and four sisters, Dorothy Lancaster, Bettie Frazier, Lila Shelledy and Georgina Lloyd
Cemetery: Barrancas National Cemetery, NAS Pensacola FL
Date of Publication
1 Nov 2012
Date Of Event
October 29, 2012
Last Name(s)
Parsons
Language of Item
English
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