Sgt. J. E. Parsley is survived by wife, Mrs. Katherine Parsley, and children, Eddie, Dannie and Carline, who make their home with the Parsleys who live on the Northwest Highway, Route 6, Box 570, Dallas 4, Texas. He entered service March 30th Last year, was reported missing in action December 22nd, and was reported killed December 25th.  Mrs. Parsley received the message the 22nd of February. The message he was missing arrived on the 23rd of January.
Sgt. Parsley had been awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge on December the 6th, and was promoted to Sergeant on the 8th.
He went overseas last September and was killed in Southwestern Belgium.
First a bookkeeper for Lyon-Gray Lumber Company, he went to Continental Motors in 1942, where he was working when he joined the service.

Part of the article "Three Boys Of Parsley Family Serve In War"
The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, April 6, 1945
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

Memorial services for three young men who have given their lives for their country, Earnest Noel, Charles Moeley, and J. E. Parsley, will be held at the Carrollton Methodist church on Sunday, June 3, at 3:00 P.M.  An appropriate program is being planned, at which time Rev. Felix Kindel, former Methodist pastor here, will bring the principal message.
An invitation is extended to friends and relatives of these young men to attend.
A more detailed announcement of the program will be given next week.

The Carrollton Chronicle - May 25, 1945