Henderson daily dispatch., 1936-10-17
SCOTT PARHAM, "a,
DIES AT RESIDENCE.
Well Known Young Man of
City Had Been In Ill
Health Four Years

Henderson business man, cleo at MS
home on West Garrett street at 11:20
o'clock last night after being in i'll
health for the past four years. He
was afflicted with lucemia.
Funeral services were held at 4
o'clock this afternoon from the First
Methodist Episcopal church, and in
terment followed in the family plot
in Elmwood cemetery. Rev. r. E..
Brown, pastor of the church, was in
charge of the services.
F; Mr.. Parham was born in Henderson
June Fl, 1902. He was the son of the
late James Hill Parham, who died in
1913, and Mrs. Fannie Gloss Parker
Parham, who died two years before
her husband, in 1916. He was for a
number of years member of the
First Methodist church.
| Before his health failed, Mr.. Far
ham was active in the manufacturing
business of tn Carolina Baggieng
Company. He had been a resident of
Henderson all his life.
| Mr.. Parham is survived by only his
widow, who before marriage was
Miss Ruth Copeland, of Kinston, and
one sister, Mrs. J. c. Cooper, of this
city.
| The young man was highly regard
ed by host of friends in this and
other parts of the State, and the
funeral here this afternoon attracted
| many from out of the city in addition
to a great many Henderson people,
who came to pay final tribute to his
memory.
i Active pallbearers were announced
as follows: e. F. Parham, A. j. Wat
kins, S. H. Watkins, Sam Peace Jr..
Brooks Parham, Jr., Russell Parham,
Curtis Gary, DR.. w. H. Furman, DR..
S. w. Thompson.
| The honorary pallbearers were
named as follows: r. C. Harrison, w.
P. Gholson, r. j. Corbitt, Jr, D. B.
Kimball, George Ross Pou, F. L..
| Toepleman, Morgan Cooper, o. T..
kirkland, M. Y. Cooper, Chick
Young, D. J. Cooper, J. H. zollicof-
fer, George A. Rose, Jr., William
Grimes, Jack Joyner, B. H. Perry.
y. D. Cooper, j. A. Cooper, J. W..
Cooper, Edward Loughlin, r. L..
Smith, K. L. Burton, S. S. Steven
son, E. w. Adcock, J.. H. Brodie.
i. p. Gholson, A. w. Gholson, Jr..
3. II. Hicks, w. A. Hunt, Roy O.
! Rodwell, R. G.. S. Davis, Barney
Smolensky, j. w. Jenkins and T. S
Kittrell.
i The death of Scott Parker Parham
IN Henderson, on Friday, October 16
has caused widespread sorrow anon o
his relatives and countless friends
Mr.. Parham was born in Henderson
June II, l9O2, the son of the late Mr..
and Mrs. James Hill Parham, nee
| FANNIE Parker. His maternal grand
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. Scott Par
ker, nee Lucy Gloss, were among Hen
derson's earliest residents and both
held enviable positions in the COM
munlty, being especially interested
i and active in all church and civic
affairs. Mrs. Parker was the daugh-
ter of DR.. William Gloss, a real
pioneer in Methodism. On his natter
nal side, Mr.. Parham was a grandson
OF the Well known and beloved late
Capt. and Mrs. Samuel J. Parham. It
was in honor of his grandmother
Maria Switzerland Parham, that the
| local hospital was named.
Having spent his entire childhood
In Henderson, Mr.. Parham was edu-
Gated Fleets School, Flat Rock. N. c..
F1sh1urne Military Academy, Way
nesboro, Va, University of North Car
! DINA, and Duke University. He was a
member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity and the First Methodist
| church of this city
On April 10, 1924 he was married to-
Miss Ruth Copeland, of Kinston.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur S.
copeland, among eastern Cardinals
most prominent citizens. Following
their marriage they made their home
In Henderson where Mr.. Parham was
associated with the Carolina Bagging
Company, in which he retained an ac-
tive interest until his death. When
his health became somewhat pre-
carious Mr.. Parham moved to More
head City, where he became promi-
nently connected with the Morehead
Building and Supply Company and
other real estate interests. Later when
he was forced, on account of ill health
to retire from business activities, he
spent his summers in Morenead and
his winters in travel, visiting Florida,
West Indies, South America and
| other places. Faced with only a few
years of life, Mr.. Parham made a
most heroic fight aainst disease and
became an example of courage for
those about him. His outstanding
characteristics were his loving and
lovable nature, with that nobility Of
soul which knows how to bear and
nj oh >4s