This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Parrish, Hodges Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Eg.2ADE/497 Message Board Post: The Herald Journal, 06/14/02 PRESTON, Idaho — Val Dean Parrish, 42, passed away Thursday, June 13, 2002, at the Franklin County Nursing Home of natural causes after fighting a valiant battle his whole life being physically and mentally handicapped. He was born May 29, 1960, in Preston, the son of John Robert Parrish and Deone W. Hodges. He is survived by his mother of Preston; one brother, Jan Robert Parrish and his daughter, Makayla Parrish of Billings, Mont.; a sister, Vauchelle (Paul W.) Price and their children, Eli, Joel, Morgan and Deone of Kimberly, Idaho. He will be missed by so many who loved his special spirit, especially his grandmother, Alavon Wright of Preston. He was preceded in death by his father. Funeral services will be held Saturday, June 15, 2002, at 2 p.m. in the Preston Fifth Ward Chapel, 213 S. 200 East. Friends may call Saturday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the church. Interment will be in the Franklin Cemetery. Arrangements are by Webb Funeral Home.