Services for Oscar Clifton Parrish, Jr, 83, of Chico, Texas will be at 10:00 am Friday, October 16, 2020 at Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home in Bridgeport, officiated by Brother Al Taylor. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Cemetery #3. Visitation will be from 6:00 – 8:00 pm on Thursday, October 15, also at the funeral home. Oscar passed away Monday, October 12. Oscar was born to Oscar Clifton Parrish, Sr. and Ollie Mae Akins Viles on September 3, 1937 in Dallas, Texas. He retired from the Marines after 33 years of service. He was a trucker and traveled with his wife of 50 years, for several years. They loved traveling. After raising five children, they finally found freedom and enjoyed time together. He liked to fish, loved to sing gospel music, loved the Dallas Cowboys, and had a fantastic sense of humor. He loved his family; they were all especially important to him. Oscar is survived by daughters, Janet Sturch of Bridgeport, Marianne Scheller and husband Michael of Bridgeport, Vicki Baxter and husband Danny of Dallas; son, Andy Parrish and wife Deanna of McKinney; sister, Wanda Sue Duncan of Landrum, SC; 11 grandchildren; and 12 great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Eileen Parrish; son, Michael Parrish; and sister, Dorothy Walker. © (Hudson & Torres Family Funeral Home) ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. This obituary is a work protected under international and federal Copyright Laws and Treaties. Any unauthorized reproduction, distribution or use of this material is prohibited. No part of this compiled work may be reproduced, altered or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system without express written permission from the author. The author hereby grants the newspaper the right to publish the compiled work on the dates and location provided in the submission details and further grants to the newspaper the right to reproduce the work electronically in any website or digital medium owned or controlled by the newspaper, provided the copy is not altered or modified in any way. The funeral home’s website domain must accompany any reproduction of the work. The work must not be used for or by any person for direct commercialized gain in competition with the author, the funeral home, or their respective businesses.