From The Oak Ridger 26 May 2004 James Edward "Ed" Lowry of Atlanta, Ga., Dr. Elmer L. Parrott, retired U.S. Army captain, James Edward "Ed" Lowry of Atlanta, Ga., died Saturday, May 1, 2004, in an accident during a hotel fire in Rome, Italy. Mr. Lowry was an engineer for Scientific Atlanta. Mr. Lowry is survived by his wife, Janet Lynn Bogle; his sister, Virginia Anne Haynes, of Griffin, Ga.; and by his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Ernest Verle and Jane Bogle, both of Oak Ridge. The family requests any memorials be in the form of contributions to the donor's favorite animal rescue group. Dr. Elmer L. Parrott, retired U.S. Army captain, native Knoxvillian, World War II veteran and U.S. Army Reserve officer, died Sunday, May 23, 2004, at Methodist Medical Center of Oak Ridge. Born July 10, 1905, in North Knoxville, he was reared in Park City and attended Park City grammar school. At the end of World War I he started ROTC training at the age of 14 and remained in the ROTC at Knoxville High School and the university. During World War II he served from 1942 to 1946 in Africa, Italy and France. He was discharged from the U.S. Army in 1953 by President Dwight Eisenhower. Leaving his private practice of medicine in Illinois in 1955, he returned to Tennessee and worked for Union Carbide in Oak Ridge and Tennessee Valley Authority in Knoxville in occupational medicine. He was a member of Fountain City United Methodist Church and former member of Masters Lodge No. 244 F&AM and Pearl Chapter No. 24 of the Royal Arch Masons. He was president of Norris AARP and TVA retirees association. He was preceded in death by his parents, Mary League Parrott and John C. Parrott; three sisters, Curenna Lawson, Marie Lawson and Anna Heiser; and by his first wife, Gussie Sawyer Parrott. Dr. Parrott is survived by his wife, Mildred Parrott, of Oak Ridge; his son, Richard Parrott and wife, Judy, of Knoxville; three nieces, Clara McGill of Knoxville and Margaret Smith and Anna Heiser, both of Columbia, S.C.; and by two nephews, David Lawson of Columbia, S.C., and Robert Lawson of Florida. The Parrott family would like to give a special thanks to Private Sitter Elder Care for their devoted care throughout his long illness. A graveside service was to be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, May 26, 2004, at Lynnhurst Cemetery with the Rev. Jim Whedbee and John Needy officiating. Richard Parrott, Raymond Sawyer, Randall Sawyer, Dan Easterly, Mark Lawson, Paul Davis, Russell McGill and Herb Stedman will serve as pallbearers. The family requests any memorials be in the form of contributions to a charity of the donor's choice. The family will receive friends following the service at the cemetery. Friends may call at their convenience at Gentry-Griffey Chapel in Knoxville. =========================================== SUPPORT OUR TROOPS---FLY THE FLAG "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek. They hide I seek!!! www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE/BUNCH/DAUGHERTY/DUNCAN/KENNEDY/ PATTERSON/PHILLIPS/SEIBER/TACKETT/WARD