Mrs. Evazella Burgess Parsons

  Mrs. Evazella Burgess Parsons, age 97, of West Jefferson passed away Tuesday morning, April 26, 2016 at her home. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at 2:00pm at Obids Baptist Church with Rev. Tom Graybeal, Elder Floyd South and Rev. Mark Harless officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00-2:00pm on Thursday; one hour prior to the funeral service. Mrs. Parsons was born in Ashe County on October 7, 1918 to the late Wiley and Matilda Absher Burgess. She retired from Sprague Electric after working for 30 years. She was a lifelong member of Obids Baptist Church She was a wonderful cook and always liked family and friends coming over. She was also preceded in death by her husband, Henry Foy Parsons; two sons, James Foy Parsons, Sr. and Gary Parsons; her brothers and sisters, Woodrow Burgess, Oscar Burgess, Ada Severt, Chessie Ball, Alton Burgess, Esther South and Hazel Bare. Mrs. Parsons is survived by a son, Gwyn Parsons and wife, June, of Boone; a brother, Edward Burgess, of Mountain City, TN; seven grandchildren, Jason Parsons, Jennifer Parsons, James Parsons, Jr. Joy Kee, Kelly Milton and Ariel Snyder; nine great-grandchildren, Collier Kee, Miles Kee, Thatcher Kee, Delaney Parsons, Landry Parsons, Tilley Parsons, Solomon Bracero, Sydney Bracero and Sterling Bracero; several nieces and nephews also survive. Flowers accepted or memorials may be made to Obids Baptist Church Cemetery, c/o Raymond Bare, 1325 Old Obids Road, West Jefferson, NC 28694. Boone Family Funeral Home of West Jefferson, North Carolina is in charge of the arrangements.