Jess Allen Parsons Sr.

Jess Allen Parsons Sr. obituary

Jess Allen Parsons Sr.

Jess Parsons Obituary

Obituary published on Legacy.com by Criswell Funeral Home - Ada on Nov. 11, 2025.

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Graveside services for Jess Allen Parsons, Sr., of Tahlequah, OK will be 2:00 p.m., November 12, 2025 at Highland Cemetery, Stonewall, OK.

Mr. Parsons died Saturday, November 8, 2025 at a Tulsa hospital. He was born September 8, 1966, in Talihina, OK to Billy Don and Birtie Louise Elliott Parsons.

He was a self-employed truck driver who spent his life in Ringold, Oklahoma, where he grew up exploring the banks of the Little River. Mr. Parsons loved hunting, fishing, and being on the river. Most of all he enjoyed pestering his grandkids and those around him.

Survivors include his son, Jess Parsons, Jr. and wife Ashley; his daughter, Jessie Parsons and fiancé Shad Wilson; brother, Ernest Parsons and wife Ruth Ann; grandchildren, Jaxi, Randon and Brody Parsons and Zailey Campbell.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Birtie Parsons.

Honorary bearers will be Randon Parsons, Brody Parsons, Baucom Elliott and Wayne Elliott.

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