Mark Parrish

Coats, NC:  Mr. Mark Anthony Parrish, age 53, of 612 Crawford Road died Thursday at Betsy Johnson Regional Hospital in Dunn.  Funeral Services will be 3:00PM Sunday at Coats Baptist Church.  Rev. Jesse Mooney will officiate. Burial will follow in Coats City Cemetery. Mr. Parrish was born December 21, 1957 in Harnett County to the late McLuin and Gwendolyn Stephens Parrish.  He was an entrepreneur in concessions and real estate. Mr. Parrish was a member of the National Independent Showman’s Association, the Coats Baptist Church and Sons of Confederate Veterans.  He served on the Coats City Cemetery Commission and on the Coats Museum Committee. Surviving include his Wife, Judy Norris Parrish; and Sons, Joshua Henry Parrish of Raleigh, Jonas McLuin Parrish of Coats, and Simon Bartholomew Parrish of Coats. Family will receive friends at Rose & Graham Funeral Home in Coats from 6:00PM to 8:00PM Saturday. Flowers are welcomed; however, memorials may be made to Coats Baptist Church, P. O. Box 297, Coats, NC  27521.