A Mississippi Genealogy & History Collection
Many hearts were saddened when the message was received that Mrs. M. S. Parkman was dead. She died in the Methodist Hospital, Hattiesburg, Sept. 22, 1938, after a serious illness of two weeks.
Dorothy Farthing Parkman was born 52 years ago in Ennis, Texas. When she was four years of age her parents came to Silver Creek, Miss. She was educated in the High School at Silver Creek, Whitworth College, Brookhaven, and State Teachers College, Hattiesburg.
Mrs. Parkman spent her life in the service of others, having taught in the public schools of Mississippi for twenty years. For nine of these twenty years she taught in Carson Vocational School.
She married M. S. Parkman in 1911, and aside from her duties as a teacher, she always found time to care for her home, and minister to the wants of her husband and children.
Mrs. Parkman was a faithful member of the Antioch Baptist Church, a loyal member of the Carson Chapter Order of the Eastern Star; a kind and considerate friend, an affectionate mother, and devoted wife. She was never so happy as when serving others. Her life was truly a blessing to all with whom she came in contact.
Funeral services were held at the Antioch Baptist Church, with her pastor, Rev. S. L. Walker, assisted by Rev. E. B. Shivers, of Raleigh, and Ray Walker of Belton, Texas, officiating.
Active pall bearers were her nephews, Jack Parkman, Edward Farthing, Don Berry Farthing, Ned Fortenberry, I. J. Rayborn, and Douglas Rayborn. Honorary pall bearers were W. W. Gray, A. A. Walker, J. W. Rawls, A. G. Polk, D. H. Price, Cassie Price, F. C. Forbes, Clarence Jolly and H. Parkman.
The Eastern Star of Carson held a beautiful and impressive service at the grave. No member can it be more truthfully said was ever more faithful to the ideals of the order, devoted to the demands of honor and justice, and to the doing of deeds of relief, to the principles of charity and the love of truth.
Surviving her are her husband, M. S. Parkman, of Carson; three sons, Nell Parkman, a teacher in the Carson school; three sons, Ford, Kyle, and Larry; her father, D. W. Farthing, of Arny; three sisters, Mrs. J. V. Dampeer and Mrs. Estus Fortenberry, Silver Creek, Mrs. Roe Parkman, Arm; four brothers, Dr. T. Farthing, T. W. Farthing, Silver Creek, Walter Farthing, Jayess, and Webb Farthing, Le Roy, Alabama.
