Citadel Alumni Obituaries

Lt. Col. Albert B. (A.B.) Parsons, Jr., USAF (Retired), went home to be with
His Lord and Savior on July 12, 2012, at Greenville Memorial Hospital. Born
on January 16, 1928 in Spartanburg, S.C., he was a graduate of Edmunds High
School, Sumter, S.C., in 1944, the Citadel in 1947 and Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky in 1950. He served as Baptist
Campus Minister at Clemson University and Auburn University, Associate
Pastor at First Baptist Church, Charleston, S.C. prior to entering the USAF.
Lt. Col. Parsons served in the US Air Force for 25 years. He retired in 1977
having served in Washington state, Newfoundland, Delaware, Korea, Florida,
the Panama Canal Zone, North Dakota and Ohio. He later served as Pastor at
Plum Branch Baptist Church and Interim Pastor of Coronaca Baptist Church and
Jordan Memorial Baptist Church. He was a kind, loving man with a heart for
God, his family, friends and all people. Chaplain Parsons married Dorothy
Mae Long of Greenwood in 1953. She predeceased him in 2004. He is survived
by his two daughters, Elaine Parsons Stanford and husband Dr. Alan Duke
Stanford of Leesburg, Virginia and Gayle Parsons Kaiser and husband Mark
Austin Kaiser of Arlington, Texas; four grandchildren, Sarah Stanford Mire,
Irvine, California ( husband Jason Mire), Christopher Duke Stanford,
Leesburg, VA, (wife Kristen), Alisann Elaine Kaiser and Michael Austin
Kaiser of Arlington, Texas and three great-grandchildren, Zachary Andrew
Mire and Katharine Grace Mire of Irvine, California and Aiden Duke Stanford
of Leesburg, Virginia; a sister, Emily Pendleton of Pinson, Alabama, a
sister-in-law, Elizabeth Chiles and a brother-in-law, Carson Rush, both of
Greenwood. Visitation and viewing will be held at Blyth Funeral Home on
Monday, July 16th from 6 to 8pm. A celebration of life will be conducted on
Tuesday, July 17th at the North Side Baptist Church Chapel in Greenwood at
2:00 p.m. with Dr. Alan Stanford and Dr. Jeff Lethco officiating. A family
graveside service with Military Honors will be held at Oakbrook Memorial
Park prior to the memorial service. Memorials may be made to the building
fund of North Side Baptist Church, 409 W. Northside Drive, Greenwood, SC
29649, or to a charity of choice.

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