News Death Notice
PARSONS, Julius Clifford "Cliff" Jr. Age 63, formerly of Trotwood, OH was born March 22, 1947 and passed away unexpectedly on July 21, 2010 in the Anne Arundel Medical Center, Annapolis, MD. Mr. Parsons was born and raised in Monroeville, PA where he graduated from Gateway High School in 1965. He once scored 56 points in a high school game and was inducted into the Gateway Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999. He attended the Air Force Academy from 1965-1969 where he set several records as the center for the Academy Basketball team. He is still the only academy player to average a career double-double in scoring and rebounding at 19.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. In 1968, he was selected as a Helms Foundation All American and a Division 1 Academic All American. After graduation, he fulfilled his active duty commitment at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH from 1969-1974 where he held jobs as an industrial engineer, the base Athletic Director, and Commander of the base Civil Engineering Squadron. During his Air Force tenure, he played on several championship Logistics Command, Air Force and Armed Forces Basketball All Star teams. In 1972, he helped lead the Armed Forces All Stars to the National AAU Championship and received AAU All American honors. Gregg Popovich, coach of the San Antonio Spurs, was a teammate of Cliff's on the Air Force Academy, Wright-Patterson, and Air Force, Armed Forces All Star basketball teams. On separation from the Air Force, Mr. Parsons first played professional ball in Holland before migrating to Australia where he played for the Dandenong Rangers in Australia's Premier League. He was employed as an industrial engineer by Brown and Williamson until he returned to the Dayton area in 1979. He held industrial engineering jobs at Hobart and Copeland before taking a position as head of the Engineering Department for Rexarc International. His last job in the Dayton area was with the consulting and services firm, Aerotek. For the last four years he served as the Production Manager for the Optical Ceramics Division of Technology Assessment and Transfer, Inc. in Annapolis, MD. He was preceded in death by his parents, Julius C. "Buck" Parsons, Sr. and Jean Kennedy (Farr). Survived by his wife, Beatrice (Saul); sister, Margaret "Gie" Parsons of Clarion, PA; mother-in-law, Bernice; brother-in-law, Galen R. Saul and special friend, Judy Frizzell; nephews, Brian (Veronica) Saul, and Wesley (Kimberly) Saul; special great nieces, Abbigail, Dominique, and Danielle; and special great nephew, Kyle. Viewing will be held from 5 to 8 PM on Tuesday, July 27, 2010 at Rogers' Funeral Home, 324 W. Main St., New Lebanon, OH 45345. Funeral services will be held at the funeral home on Wednesday, July 28, 2010 at 1:00 PM. Interment will follow at Eversole Cemetery. If desired, donations may be made, in memory of Cliff, to the Air Force Academy, Wounded Warrior Project, or the Humane Society of Greater Dayton. www.RogersFuneralHomes.com
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