Miss Miriam Francina Parrott
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Miss Miriam Francina Parrott

  • August 5, 1913 - January 28, 2012
  • Columbia, South Carolina
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“My condolences to Karen on the death of your Aunt. My thoughts and prayers are with you, Margaret Cloyd Hinze ”
1 of 6 | Posted by: Margaret Cloyd Hinze - Columbia, SC

“Our thoughts and prayers are with all of you. What a long, wonderful, and enriched life she had! She loved you all so much, and you were sooo good...Read More » ”
2 of 6 | Posted by: Jerolyn Carroll - Savannah, GA

“WE ARE SO SORRY TO HEAR OF WANNIE'S PASSING...OUR PRAYERS AND THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE FAMILY...IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE KNOWN HER...BOB AND MARIE PRICE ”
3 of 6 | Posted by: ROBERT PRICE - COLUMBIA, SC

“To Celia and Family and Karen and Family, Please know what a heart-felt pleasure it was to know Wannie. She had so many wonderful stories and...Read More » ”
4 of 6 | Posted by: Rita Mellichamp - Columbia, SC

“Nelson and I send our sincerest condolences to all of "Wannie's" family. We know how much she meant to you and how much you will miss her. She was...Read More » ”
5 of 6 | Posted by: Linda & Nelson Perez - High Point, NC

“The staff of Dunbar Funeral Home extends sincere condolences to the family of Miss Miriam F. Parrott. ”
6 of 6 | Posted by: David Hardee - Columbia, SC


  • Blake giving Wannie her birthday cake, with Henry the dog waiting for a piece!
  • Wannie
  • Blake, Wannie, and Amanda
  • Karen and Wannie playing the piano

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COLUMBIA A graveside service for Miriam Francina Parrott, 98, will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Magnolia Cemetery in Hartsville. The family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon Tuesday, January 31, 2012, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel.
Miss Parrott, known to her family as "Wannie", died Saturday, January 28, 2012. Born August 5, 1913, in Hartsville, she was a daughter of the late Hilton M. and Meta Woodham Parrott. At the age of twenty, Miriam graduated from the University of South Carolina and began teaching English and French in small towns of South Carolina. She then worked for many years with the S.C. State Board of Health. Later in life, she returned to teaching in elementary education. Miriam was a member of Trenholm Road United Methodist Church and loved being in the Major Circle. She was a person of great faith and was dearly loved by her family.
Surviving are nieces, Karen P. (Basil) Shaver, Celia P. (Billy) Jernigan, and her dear great-niece, Amanda C. Jernigan. She was pre-deceased by her beloved great-nephew, Blakely Hilton Jernigan. In addition to her parents and great-nephew, she was predeceased by siblings, Pierce W. Parrott, Hilton M. Parrott, Meubern B. Parrott, James J. Parrott, Janie E. Parrott, Thomas H. Parrott and Alva L. Parrott.
Memorials may be made to Trenholm Road United Methodist Church, 3401 Trenholm Road, Columbia SC 29204.