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In memory of those who have Crossed the Bar
PARSONS, Harry - Petty Officer First Class Harry Parsons CD (Ret'd), 56, of Halifax, died Sunday in Victoria General Hospital. Born in Cul-de-Sac, Nfld., he was a son of Mrs. Naomi Parsons, North Sydney, and the late John Thomas Parsons. He was a member of the Royal Canadian Navy from 1943 to 1947. He had previously worked as a fisherman with his father and served in the merchant navy for three years. In 1947 he joined the civil service and remained there until 1954 when he rejoined the navy retiring in 1971. He then worked at HMC Dockyard as a rigger until February this year. While working at the Dockyard he was on loan by special request to the Bluenose II from April to June 1975. Surviving besides his mother, are his wife, the former Minnie Beatrice Keeping; three sons, Norman, Brian and Jimmy, all of Halifax; three daughters, Mildred (Mrs. David Corbin), Timberlea; Mrs. Diana Myers and Yvonne, both of Halifax; six grandchildren; five brothers, Joseph, Sydney; Cecil, and Roy, both of North Sydney; George, Halifax; Roland, Manitoba; three sisters, Gladys (Mrs. Bert Willis), Port aux Basques; Flora (Mrs. Fred Young), Mount Uniacke; Vera (Mrs. Bob Daken), New Brunswick. He was predeceased by four sisters. The body is at Snow's Funeral Home, Halifax. Funeral service will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in All Saints Church, Dean William Cochrane officiating. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery, Fairview. (The Halifax Chronicle Herald 27 Mar 1978, pg 22).
Harry's brother, Cecil Parsons, served in the RCNR during the Second World War.
Ships served in: HMCS ANNAPOLIS - Commissioning crew
Headstone for Harry Parsons St. John's Cemetery and Columbarium, Halifax, NS Source: Find-a-Grave
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