Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Pinkney L. Parrish

Full Name: Pinkney L. "Pink" Parrish
Birth date: August 13, 1881
Death date: April 10, 1939

Terms of Service

Senate, 42nd ⁽²⁾ & 41st ⁽¹⁾ Legislatures
1/8/1929 - 1/10/1933
Democrat
Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 6/3/1929.

(1) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal .
(2) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal .

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

55th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 9. Gives birth year of 1906. Relatives: Sterling J. Parrish - son; Pinkney L. Parrish - father. Resolutions - Memorial .
46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 220, 4/10/1939, p. 1909. Resolutions - Memorial .
46th Legislature, R.S., SR 60, 4/11/1939, p. 1031. Resolutions - Memorial .

Photographs

Photograph. Pink L. Parrish, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Pink L. Parrish, State Preservation Board

Other Resources

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, 1890-1976 .
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 .