John Wallace Parish, Jr.
Funeral services for John Wallace Parish, Jr., 68, of Robeline, LA, will be held on Saturday, June 3, 2023 at 2:00 PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. James Ericson officiating. Burial will follow in the Friendship Nazarene Cemetery. Visitation will begin on Saturday, June 3, 2023, at 1:00 PM at Warren Meadows Funeral Home, Many, LA.
John was preceded in death by his mother, Helen Joye Carlson and his father, John W. Parish, Sr.
He is survived by his wife, Betty Parish; daughter, Stephanie Dovalina and son-in-law, Daniel Dovalina; stepdaughter, Amanda Dotson; stepson, Jalan Dotson and daughter-in-law, Jessica Dotson; sister, Joni Frazier and brother-in-law, Johnny Frazier; grandson, Collin Fontenot; granddaughters: Caitlyn Kilgore, Nikkie Dotson, Holly Payne, Chloe Dotson, and Sadie Dotson; great grandsons, Corvus Kilgore and William Kilgore.
John was born in Many, Louisiana, and Louisiana is the place he loved. After moving to Marshall, TX, as an adolescent he proceeded to attend Northwestern University and was a member of the fraternity Pi Kappa Phi. Prior to completing college, he began working as a roughneck offshore, a career that would define him in his eyes. He worked his way up the ladder through fairness and ingenuity, to become Rig Manager and had a long and productive career that he was very proud of. After beginning his career, he moved to Nederland, TX where he raised his only daughter. On May 16, 2000 he married his second wife, Betty Parish and they moved to Robeline, Louisiana the same year. With her help, he began a chicken farming business on the Nice Day Farm “Home of the Happy Cow”. Betty and John would continue this labor of love from 2005 to 2017. Finally, in 2017, John decided to retire and enjoy the beauty of the land he loved so much. On the farm, John loved to mow his grass and sit on the front porch to enjoy the fruits of his labor. He also loved his dogs and riding around his property with them on his four-wheeler. John was not only physically a big man, but his presence was big too, and words cannot describe how much he will be missed.
