Mrs. Eva Nell Parish went to be with her Lord on March 11, 2015. She was born
In Hacoda, Alabama on September 8, 1922, the middle of three children of Hill
Paul and Willie Adkinson Paul Bedsole. She was a lifelong Baptist and a member
of First Baptist Church of DeFuniak Springs for sixty years. She is predeceased
by her husband, Mark Parish, Jr., her sister, Bernice Adams and granddaughter
Wendy Parish.
Among survivors are her son, Jeff Parish and wife Harriet of Andalusia. Her
daughter, Sylvia Parish of Conyers, Georgia as well as granddaughter, Donna
Brundage and husband Danny of Marietta, Georgia and grandson Mark Parish IV
and wife Alex of Mount Pleasant, North Carolina. Seven great grandchildren,
Joshua, Jeremy, Jordan, Jessica, Haley-Anne, Joseph and Marshall. She is also
survived by her brother, Mark Paul and wife Mary of Pensacola.
In lieu of flowers memorials may be made in Nell Parish’s memory to First Baptist Church of DeFuniak Springs. A time of visitation will be Saturday, March 14, 2015 from 9A.M. until 10A.M. in Jerry Evans Chapel with the funeral beginning at 10:00 A.M. in Jerry Evans Chapel with Dr. Bobby Tucker officiating., Burial will follow in the Parish Family Plot in Magnolia Cemetery.