1908
Lena
2008
Lena Lowe Parham
April 7, 1908 — March 19, 2008
Mrs. Parham, former long-time resident of Grand Junction, died Wednesday night at NHC Nursing Home in Knoxville.
She was the widow of Charles Benjamin Parham, Sr., who died January 20, 1961. The daughter of the late Taylor and Lena Lowe McLeren Rogers, she was Sunday School Superintendent of the Children's Department of the Grand Junction First United Methodist Church for 60 years. Mrs. Parham graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1927 and attended the Agnes Scott College For Women in Atlanta, GA and the University of Mississippi in Oxford. She worked as a substitute school teacher and also with her husband for many years in the Bank of Grand Junction before her retirement in 1973.
She leaves a son Charles Benjamin Parham, II and his wife, Patty, of Knoxville; two grandchildren, Charles Benjamin Parham, III and his wife, Laura, Holly Fuqua, and her husband, Russell; four great-grandchildren, Eric and Trevor Parham and Taylor and Lauren Fuqua; numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Parham was preceded in death by a sister, Nelle Taylor Rogers Rhea in April, 1999; and an infant daughter in 1938.
She was the widow of Charles Benjamin Parham, Sr., who died January 20, 1961. The daughter of the late Taylor and Lena Lowe McLeren Rogers, she was Sunday School Superintendent of the Children's Department of the Grand Junction First United Methodist Church for 60 years. Mrs. Parham graduated from Grand Junction High School in 1927 and attended the Agnes Scott College For Women in Atlanta, GA and the University of Mississippi in Oxford. She worked as a substitute school teacher and also with her husband for many years in the Bank of Grand Junction before her retirement in 1973.
She leaves a son Charles Benjamin Parham, II and his wife, Patty, of Knoxville; two grandchildren, Charles Benjamin Parham, III and his wife, Laura, Holly Fuqua, and her husband, Russell; four great-grandchildren, Eric and Trevor Parham and Taylor and Lauren Fuqua; numerous nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Parham was preceded in death by a sister, Nelle Taylor Rogers Rhea in April, 1999; and an infant daughter in 1938.
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