McGINNIS, Arista "Parvin" - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Parvin McGinnis Succumbs At 73- KINGMAN- Parvin McGinnis, 73-year-old retired farmer of five miles east of Kingman, died early Thursday morning in Lakeview Memorial Hospital at Danville, Ill. He was a son of Thomas and Susan Starnes McGinnis and was born in Fountain County April 29, 1887. He was married June 4, 1910 to Bessie Atkinson, who survives. Mr. McGinnis was a member of the Freedom Christian Church near Wallace. Surviving besides the widow are three daughters, Mrs. Gladys Poole of Saskatchewan, Canada, Mrs. Lois McMullen of New Ross and Mrs. Helen Selby of Alamo; two sons, Thomas Elmer McGinnis of Parkersburg and Arista McGinnis of Wallace; a brother, Frank McGinnis of Westville, Ill., and 16 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a son and a brother. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Woodrow Funeral Home in Kingman with Rev. Alfred Dodds of Veedersburg officiating and burial in the Zackmire Cemetery. Friends may call after noon Friday at the funeral home.