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Pink L. Parrish

Pinkney L. Parrish

Full Name: Pinkney L. "Pink" Parrish
Date of birth: August 13, 1881
Date of death: April 10, 1939

Terms of Service

Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
S 30 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933 42nd (1)   41st (2) (3)   Democrat Lubbock / Lubbock Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)   Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum

Terms of service footnotes


(1) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) 41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 6/3/1929. Senate Journal.
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Terms of Service

Legislatures:
42nd (1)   41st (2) (3)  
Party:
Democrat
Home City/County:
Lubbock / Lubbock
Counties in district:
Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum

Terms of service notes


(1) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) 41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 6/3/1929. Senate Journal.
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Information

  • Obituary and photo, "Pink Parrish of Lubbock Dies; Former Mayor, State Senator," 4/11/1939. Dallas Morning News.
  • Pink L. Parrish, birth date 8/13/1881 in Texas; death date 4/10/1939 in Lubbock, Lubbock County; real estate. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1977.
  • Pink L. Parrish, birth date 8/13/1881, death date 4/10/1939, family photo, burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock County. Find a Grave.
  • Mentioned in TEXAS IN THE 1920s. Handbook of Texas Online.
  • Obituary and photo, "Illness Fatal to Pink L. Parrish Today," 4/10/1939, pp. 1, 5. Funeral, "Parrish Rites Are Held Today," 4/11/1939, p. 12. "Political Leaders in Texas Pay Tribute to Former State Senator Pink L. Parrish," 4/11/1939, p. 5. Lubbock Evening Journal.
  • Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, John B. Parrish, Private, Company C, 34th Texas Cavalry. Lamar County, TXGenWeb Project.

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