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George Kenneth Parrish
April 02, 2021

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George Kenneth Parrish, 85, of Tifton passed away Friday, April 2, 2021, at his residence. His funeral service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Monday, April 5, 2021, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals with the Rev. Jerry Riggs officiating. Brother Parrish will be laid to rest on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. central time at Ward Wilson Memorial Hill cemetery in Dothan, Alabama. The family will receive friends on Monday, April 5, 2021, in the Chapel of Bowen-Donaldson Home for Funerals from 1:00 p.m. until the hour of the service.

Missionary Baptist ministers will serve as pallbearers. Brother Parrish’s grandsons will serve as honorary pallbearers.

Born September 16, 1935 in Pansy, Alabama, Brother Parrish was the son of the late George Emmett Parrish and Susan Estell Crosby Parrish. He was also preceded in death by one son, Kenneth Allen Parrish. Brother Parrish was a retired Missionary Baptist minister of 58 years and had previously served as the pastor of Tifton Missionary Baptist Church.

Brother Parrish is survived by his wife of 64 years, Gwendolyn Floyd Parrish of Tifton; his children and their families, Pamela Lynn Parrish of Tifton; Phillip Duane Parrish and his wife Von Parrish of Ozark, Alabama and their children, Elliott Parrish, Phillip Parrish II, Justin Parrish, Katie Paramore, Kristi Hill and her husband Spencer, Kerri Nowell and Alex Parrish; Christopher Lee Parrish and his wife Connie Parrish of Dothan, Alabama and their children, Christopher Parrish and Aaron Parrish and his wife Marissa; Wendy Jill Parrish Jeffers and her husband Steve of Guyton and their son, Spencer Jeffers; and Kenneth’s wife, Debra Parrish and daughter Kelli Parrish; his siblings, Mildred Cox and Joe Parrish, both of Auburndale, Florida; and eight great-grandchildren.

Memorial love offerings may be made to Tifton Missionary Baptist Church for Heartland Baptist Mission, 177 Zion Hope Road, Tifton, GA 31793.

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