James Frank Parham, Jr.

James Parham
Funeral Services for 90 year old James Frank Parham, Jr. of Cookeville, will be held Monday, at 11:00 a.m. in the Cookeville Chapel of Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home. Jerry Buckner will officiate and burial with military honors will follow in Crest Lawn Cemetery. Mr. Parham died Friday morning at his residence. He was born in Nashville to the late James Frank Parham and Bertha Staley Parham Marsh. Mr. Parham was of the Baptist faith, and served as Chaplain with the White County Community Hospital in Sparta a number of years. He was U.S. Army Veteran of World War II and a retired machinist with the Addressograph/Multigraph Company in Euclid, Ohio. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by a grandson Craig Wieland. His family includes his wife of over 62 years, Margie Randolph Parham; six children Jim and wife Kellie Parham of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Pam Stephens of Cookeville, Gordon and wife Susan Parham of Smithville, Ann and husband Dave Webb of Sun City, Arizona, Dwight and wife Janice Parham of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, and Sarah and husband Ron Ryan of Geneva, Ohio: 13 grandchildren, Tracy Parham, Matthew and wife Wendy Parham, Dawn and husband Matthew Berry, Kimberly and husband Woody Cox, Craig Wieland, Andrew Webb, Tom and wife Jaclyn Webb, Amanda Parham, Natalie Parham, Joshua Ryan, Michael Ryan, Stephen Elliott, and Andrew Elliott: seven great-grandchildren, Elizabeth, Hannah, and Abigail Cox, Dustin Parham, Alexis Kirkland, Maddie Griffin, and Brookelyn Berry. Mr. Parham’s family will receive friends Sunday from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. and Monday 10 a.m. until time of services at the funeral home. Hooper-Huddleston & Horner Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.