Obituary: Mozell Dubose Parram
February 7, 1948 ~ September 15, 2022 (age 74)
Mozell was born on February, 7, 1948, to Elliot Butler and the late Carrie L. Wooden in Hardeman County, Tennessee. She departed this life on September 15, 2022. Her funeral service was held on Saturday September 24, 2022, at Greater Springfield Missionary Baptist Church at 12 p.m. and Pastor Marlon Wooden was in charge of the service. Burial was in the Little Walnut Grove Missionary Baptist Church Cemetery and Dixie Funeral Home was in charge of the professional service.
Ms. Parram’s spiritual nurturing began when she accepted Jesus as her Lord and Savior and joined Little Walnut Grove Baptist Church, where she was a faithful servant until her health began to fail her.
Her education was obtained in Chicago, Illinois where she graduated from Hersch High School. Ms. Parram later moved back to Bolivar, Tennessee and obtained her license in cosmetology while acquiring employment at Western State Mental Health Institution as a security guard. She retired after 39 ½ years of service. Being a working mother did not keep her from making her house a loving home for her family. Ms. Parram was the mother of two children, and many she adopted along the way.
She was preceded in death by three brothers, James Oscar Wooden, Alexander Butler, Jr. and Willis T. Butler; two sisters, Johnnie Mae Sain and Robie Butler; step-father, Oscar Wooden; step-mother, Rose Butler; and godmother, Peggy Franklin.
Ms. Parram’s departure leaves many precious memories for her children, Michion Gatlin and Vonda Parram; father, Elliot Butler; four grandchildren, Jasmine Humphrey and Jarvis Humphrey both of Bolivar, Tennessee, Brandon Gatlin of Jackson, Tennessee, and Erica Francis of Nashville, Tennessee; eight sisters, Diane (Leslie) Howard, Diana (Gary) Atwater, Linda Dubose, Annette Wooden, Lenise (Arthur) Butler, Sarah (Christopher) Alexander, Tracey (Anthony) Stokes, Nancy (Karl) Gill, and Velma (Targett) Butler; five brothers, Willis (Rosie) Wooden, Larry (Lucille) Wooden, Earl Dubose, Freddie (Shirley) Butler, and Lee (Liz) Butler; godbrothers, Corman Franklin and Michael Franklin; and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends.
Courtesy of Dixie Funeral Home, Bolivar, Tennessee.
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