Kathy Vaughan Parsons

Graveside services for Kathy Vaughan Parsons, 69, of Bolivar, will be 4:00 pm, Thursday, February 13, 2025, at Shandy Cemetery near Bolivar.  Kathy passed away Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at Bolivar General Hospital. 

A native of Bolivar, she lived most of her life here except for short periods in Memphis, Pittsburgh and Louisville.  She was the daughter of the late Raymond 'St. Louis' Vaughan and Mary Frances Cox Vaughan and was a member of Shandy Baptist Church.  A lover of antiques, Kathy enjoyed refinishing old furniture and reading in her leisure time.

Her work experience led her from being employed by Hardeman County Vision Center just out of high school to working for Reichold Chemicals in Grand Junction and, also for the University of Pittsburgh, while she was living there.  Kathy had spent 12 years as a loan review office for First South Bank and at the Bank of Bolivar (now CB&S Bank) for 10 years.

She leaves her husband, Tim Parsons, whom she married November 11, 2011, of Bolivar; four sisters, Ramona Jaggars of Hornsby, Jan Rickman of Bolivar, Tina Young (Ronnie) of Adamsville and Pam Colvett (Chris) of Lexington, TN; nieces and nephews, Jeff and Bo Jaggars, Stephanie and Jonathan Rickman, Angie Horton, Shane and Clay Young, April Cross and Sarah Lunsford.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother-in-law, Ronnie Jaggars.

Memorials may be sent to The Wounded Warrior Project, The Warriors Center, Bolivar, or St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis.