Ina Yvonne (Bryant) Parr

Mrs. Ina Yvonne Bryant Parr, 84, of Blackshear, passed away Friday morning, June 5, 2026, at her residence.

Born in Patterson, GA on October 18, 1941, she lived in Pierce County all her life.  Mrs. Parr began working at the movie theater in Blackshear when she was twelve years old under the management of Mr. Duke Raulerson.  It was when Mr. Raulerson opened Raulerson’s ACE Hardware a few doors down from the theater that Mrs. Parr’s life-long career in bookkeeping began.  Over the years she would handle secretarial work & bookkeeping among many other duties until Mr. Raulerson sold the store to Farmer’s & Builders.  Retirement for Mrs. Parr brought time spent with her family, especially her grandchildren and great grandchildren, as well as traveling, working in her yard, and doing crossword puzzles.  She was a longtime member of First Baptist Church in Blackshear where she had been active in the Alathean Sunday school class and the WMU until her health began to decline.  She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, and great grandmother and will be dearly missed by them all.

She was a daughter of the late Charles Jefferson “Jeff” & Mary Magdalene Cook Bryant.  She was also preceded in death by her husband, Mack Hampton Parr, Sr.; and by her sister, Wannell Gillis.

Survivors include her two sons and daughter-in-law, Mack Hampton “Hamp” Parr, Jr. and Jeffrey & Jenny Parr all of Blackshear; her brother, Charles (Deborah) Bryant of Blackshear; 3 grandchildren, Jey (Jamie) Parr, Jarrett Parr, and Jenna (Caleb) Murphy; 2 great grandchildren, Elsie Parr and Jack Parr; and several nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Funeral services for Mrs. Parr were held Sunday afternoon, June 7, 2026, at 3:00 from the Pearson-Dial Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Bill Young officiating. 

Interment was in the Blackshear Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to Hospice Satilla, 808 Evergreen Way, Waycross, GA  31501.

Sympathy may be expressed by signing the online guestbook at www.pearsondial.com.

Pearson-Dial Funeral Home is honored to serve the Parr family during this time.

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