Ronald Judson Parten

Published 1:08 pm Tuesday, August 6, 2024

Ronald Judson Parten, 71, of Silas died Friday, August 2, 2024, at Washington County Hospital. He was born October 24, 1952 in Arcola, Mississippi, to Allen Gaston Parten and Nancy Mary Glass Parten. He was a retired site manager for FEMA and was a member of Silas First Baptist Church.

He is survived by his wife, Barbara Stanley Carpenter Parten; daughters, Kimberly Parten Barr (Michael Barr) and Nikki Carpenter Presley (Stevie Presley); sons, Timothy Loyd Calvert (Summer Calvert) and Bill Carpenter (Jennifer Carpenter); brother, Sammie Stanley Jr. (Jean Stanley); sister, Betty Stanley Frost (Blake Frost); 15 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death his son, Ronald Wade Parten; his parents, Allen Gaston Parten and Nancy Mary Glass Parten; brothers, James Parten, Earl Parten, and Allen Gaston Parten Jr.;  and sisters, Rowena Parten Barr, Margaret Arlene Walker and Betty Faye Story.

Funeral services will be held at O’Bryant Chapel Funeral Home on Wednesday, August 7, 2024 at 10 a.m. Burial followed at Hickory Grove Cemetery in Nanafalia.

Active pallbearers were Jimbo Parten, Alex Parten, Patrick Parten, Jimmy Clibrey, Mitch Harmon and Micky Owens.

Honorary pallbearers were David Wayne Hollingshead, Ray Covington and Kenneth Fulford.

Condolences may be offered at obryantchapelfh.com

Arrangements by O’Bryant Chapel Funeral Home.