James Walker Parrott

Farrar Funeral Homes Corporation 411 W. Broadway Blvd. Jefferson City, TN 37760 Phone (865) 475-3892 Fax (865) 475-9916 OBITUARY: JUDGE JAMES WALKER PARROTT, age 84, of Strawberry Plains, TN passed away Monday, August 1, 2005. He was born at his home in Strawberry Plains on February 25, 1921 and was one of 10 members of the 1939 class of Rush Strong High School. He attended the University of Georgia for one year where he joined Delta Tau Delta fraternity. He returned to Tennessee and attended the University of Tennessee, left the state with the Army Air Corp during World War II, and then returned to graduate from the University of Tennessee School of Law in 1949. After practicing law in Knoxville he served as the Assistant Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives in Nashville from 1955-1957. In 1957, he was appointed Chancellor of the 13th Division Chancery of East Tennessee for a year. He left that position to become Clerk of the Court for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He served in that position until 1964, when he was appointed to the Tennessee Court of Appeals by Governor Frank Clement. He served on that court for 23 years, until his retirement in 1987. The last seven years of that service, from 1980-1987, he was Presiding Judge of the Court. He was a lifelong member and former Elder of the Strawberry Plains Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in death in February of 2005 by his wife of 61 years, Wilma Jean Calfee Parrott; his parents, Will Ed and Nina Walker Parrott; brother, Samuel Edward Parrott and sister, Mary Neel (Polly) Parrott Hust. He is survived by his daughters and sons-in-law, Libby and Tom Stinnett of Chattanooga, Cynthia and John Smith of Nashville; son and daughter-in-law, Al and Mitzi Parrott of Strawberry Plains; grandchildren, Rob Stinnett, Jay Stinnett, Marcus Parrott and his fiancé, Chastity Berry, and Marci Parrott. The family wishes to thank his caregivers Pam Smithers, Ernestine Denson and Faye Booth. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Tennessee Judicial Conference Foundation, 1903 Division Street, Nashville, TN 37203, Strawberry Plains Presbyterian Church, 3168 Old A .J. Highway, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871, or to the Friends of the Library, Parrott-Wood Library, P.O. Box 399, Strawberry Plains, TN 37871. Graveside funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Thursday, August 4, 2005 at Strawberry Plains Cemetery with Reverend Dennis Maxey officiating. The family will receive friends from 4:00 until 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, August 3, 2005 at the funeral home. Arrangements by Farrar Funeral Home in Jefferson City, TN 37760 (865) 475-3892 www.farrarfuneralhome.com