John Edward Parr was born December 8, 1918 in Chester, Crawford Co., Arkansas to James Arthur & Josie Lillie Bridges Parr. September 7, 1940 John married Doris June Craig in Sebastian Co., Ar. John registered for the military draft October 16, 1940 at Parker School, Fort Smith, Ar. April 8, 1944 he enlisted in the US Army. Nothing more is found about his time in the service. His discharge date was February 4, 1946. His rank was Tec5. John Edward Parr passed away January 1, 2004 and was buried at the Fort Smith National Cemetery in Fort Smith, Sebastian Co., Ar. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ John E. Parr, 85, of Fort Smith, Arkansas died Thursday, January 1, 2004. He was retired from Harding Glass Co. after 38 years of service. He was a member of First of First Freewill Baptist Church, an Army veteran of World War II and a member of VFW and Ellig Stouffer American Legion Post No. 31. Funeral was held at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Fentress Mortuary Chapel in Fort Smith with burial at the U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith. He is survived by his wife, a daughter, a son, nine grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.