PARSONS

Submitted by: Rita Kay, ritakay@hotmail.com

Source: "The Daily News," newspaper; Longview, Cowlitz, Washington, page 6;
column 2, 16 May 1925.

"H. PARSONS DIES OF HEART FAILURE

Old Time Resident Is Found Dead In Pump House; Brothers Survive

Harry Parsons, aged 61, a Kelso resident for the past 37 years, died of heart
failure yesterday while alone at the pump house of diking district No. 2, south
of Kelso, on the Leichhardt ranch.  He was employed was a watchman at the
pumphouse.  An autopsy was conducted last evening under direction of Coroner Van
Note, and heart trouble was determined to be the cause of death.

Mr. Parsons was last seen alive at 11 o'clock yesterday morning.  when he talked
with a neighbor, John Hooker.  About 6 o'clock last night he was found dead,
sitting in a chair in the pump house, by Floyd Carroll, it was stated.

He is survived by two brothers, Leverett, of Kelso, and Will Parsons, of
Carrolls.

The funeral arrangements, which will be in charge of Nat R. Smith, have not been
completed."

NOTE: Harry Parsons was the son of Sidney Stanhope Parsons and Mary Ann
Spalding, Harry Parsons never married.