Obituaries
November 15, 2017

PATRICIA LYNN “PAT” PARR

By Mac Cordell


Patricia Lynn “Pat” Parr, 72, of Marion and formerly Marysville, died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at The Presidential Care Center of Marion.
She was a loving homemaker and a faithful member of New Horizons Baptist Church.
A 1963 graduate of Marion Harding High School, she received secretarial training...

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