Thomas Joshua Parsons ^{1 2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: 2S3R-5ML.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Occupation: coal miner for Tennessee Coal, Iron & RR Co. On 12 Sep 1918 in Johns, Jefferson, AL. ³

2. Census in 1930 in Docena, Jefferson, AL. ⁴ The 1930 census recorded Thomas J. Parsons, coal miner, 45, living with wife Cora, 37; Mary E., 12; and Charles T., 6. All were born in Alabama except Cora in North Carolina. The record states they were married when Thomas was 29 and Cora 21 years old (about 1914).

3. Census in 1940 in Graysville, Jefferson, AL. ⁵ The 1940 census recorded at 310 Fourth Avenue: Thomas J. Parsons, section foreman, 55, living with wife Cora, 46; Mary E., sales lady in department store, 21; and Thomas C., paper boy, 16. All were born in Alabama except Cora in North Carolina.

4. Census in 1950 in Kimberly, Jefferson, AL. ⁶ The 1950 census recorded Thomas J. Parsons, no occupation, 65, living with wife Cora, 58.

5. Residence: on 27 Jul 1956 in Bessemer, Jefferson, AL. ⁷

6. Obituary: Birmingham Post-Herald: obituary of Thomas J. Parsons on 7 Apr 1964 in Birmingham, Jefferson, AL. ² Funeral for Thomas Joshua Parsons, 79, of West Highlands, Bessemer, who died yesterday at a local hospital will be at 2 p.m. tomorrow at Brown-Service, Bessemer, with burial in Elmwood. Surviving are the widow, a daughter, Mrs. Mary Gray, Atlanta, Ga.; a son, C. Tommy Parsons, Fairfield; a brother, Todd Parsons, Bessemer.

Thomas married Cora Lee Beeker, daughter of William Henry Beeker and Minnie Elizabeth Russell, about 1914 in , Jefferson, AL. (Cora Lee Beeker was born on 2 Nov 1892 in Mill Bridge, Rowan, NC,^{8 9} died on 6 Apr 1978 in West Highlands, Jefferson, AL ¹⁰ and was buried in Birmingham: Elmwood Cemetery, Jefferson, AL ¹⁰.)