Thomas Lee Parsons

February 8, 1939 - March 2, 2015

Funeral Services for Thomas Lee Parsons, 76, of Rusk, will be 1:00 p.m., Thursday, March 5, 2015 at the First Baptist Church, 372 E. 4th Street, Rusk under the direction of Wallace Thompson Funeral Home with Bro. Robin Parsons officiating. Burial will be at Lowes Chapel Cemetery. Mr. Parsons was born February 8, 1939 to the late Walter and Bertha Mae Parsons. He was a lifelong Baptist, and was a member at Gallatin Missionary Baptist Church. He was a City Councilman for Rusk as well as Transportation Director for Rusk ISD. He served in the Army National Guard and was stationed for a time at Ft. Polk. He was a career fireman with Rusk Fire Department and it was truly his love. He enjoyed wood carving and carpentry work, collected fire trucks and school buses, sang in a quartet and was a dedicated and loving husband and father. He is predeceased by his parents, his wife of 51 years Letha Jo Monroe Parsons, his brothers Alvis Parsons and Theo Parsons, his sister Maxine Chupp, and his grandchildren Kara Evelyn Parsons and Caleb Lee Parsons. He is survived by his wife, Connie Parsons, Daughters and sons-in-law Rebecca “Becky” and David Jacobs, Rusk, TX, Deborah Lynn and Cliff Cary, New Braunfels, TX, sons and daughters-in-law, Robin and Beverly Parsons, Rusk, TX, David and Sandra Parsons, Rusk, TX, Andrew and Brenda Parsons, Jacksonville, son, Marty Thomas Parsons, San Marcos, TX, Step-son, Jason K. Brown, Dallas, TX, step-daughter and son-in-law Jamie and Clinton Blankinship, Rusk, TX, 22 grandchildren, 17 great grandchildren, and his sister, Doris Hassell, Rusk, TX. Pallbearers will be the firemen from the Rusk Fire Department. Visitation will be from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 4, 2015 at Wallace Thompson Funeral Home. Donations can be made to Rusk Fire Department, Gallatin Missionary Baptist Church, or buying a brick in his name for Pylor Memorial Park through the Rusk Chamber of Commerce.