Pinkney L. Parrish

Full Name: Pinkney L. "Pink" Parrish
Date of birth: August 13, 1881
Date of death: April 10, 1939

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	30	Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 10, 1933	41st ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 42nd ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Lubbock / Lubbock	Senate President Pro Tempore (41st)	Andrews, Bailey, Borden, Cochran, Cottle, Crosby, Dawson, Dickens, Floyd, Gaines, Garza, Hale, Hockley, Howard, Kent, King, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Motley, Stonewall, Terry, Yoakum

(1) 42nd Legislature - Roll Call of Holdover Senators, 1/13/1931, p. 1. Senate Journal.
(2) 41st Legislature - Senate President Pro Tempore, 2nd C.S., elected 6/3/1929. Senate Journal.
(3) 41st Legislature - Certificate of New Senators, oath of office administered, 1/8/1929, p. 1. Senate Journal.

Biographical Notes and Resources top

Resolutions and Journal entries

46th Legislature, R.S., HSR 220, 4/10/1939, p. 1909. Resolutions - Memorial.
46th Legislature, R.S., SR 60, 4/11/1939, p. 1031. Resolutions - Memorial.
55th Legislature, 1st C.S., SR 9. Gives birth year of 1906. Relatives: Sterling J. Parrish - son; Pinkney L. Parrish - father. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Obituary and photo, "Pink Parrish of Lubbock Dies; Former Mayor, State Senator," 4/11/1939. Dallas Morning News.
Obituary and photo, "Illness Fatal to Pink L. Parrish Today," 4/10/1939, pp. 1, 5. Funeral, "Parrish Rites Are Held Today," 4/11/1939, p. 12. "Political Leaders in Texas Pay Tribute to Former State Senator Pink L. Parrish," 4/11/1939, p. 5. Lubbock Evening Journal.

Other Resources

Pink L. Parrish, birth date 8/13/1881, death date 4/10/1939 in Lubbock, Lubbock County, real estate. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Pink L. Parrish, birth date 8/13/1881, death date 4/10/1939, photo, reprint of funeral article in Lubbock Evening Journal, 4/11/1939, burial in City of Lubbock Cemetery, Lubbock County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in TEXAS IN THE 1920s. Handbook of Texas Online.
Mentioned in biographical sketch of his father, John B. Parrish, Private, Company C, 34th Texas Cavalry. Lamar County, TXGenWeb Project.

Photographs

Photograph. Pink L. Parrish, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Pink L. Parrish, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

41st session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of Senate members (3rd floor back hall corridor, east wall. 3E.C2). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Banks and Banking Congressional Districts (Chair) Counties and County Boundaries Educational Affairs Federal Relations Finance Nominations By Governor Public Health Public Lands and Land Office (Chair) Public Printing Representative Districts State Institutions and Departments (Vice Chair) State Penitentiaries
41st R.S. - 1929 Banking Commerce and Manufacture Contingent Expenses (Vice Chair) Counties and County Boundaries Federal Relations Fee Officers, Investigate (Chair) Finance (Vice Chair) Highway Department, Investigate Mining, Irrigation and Drainage (Vice Chair) Nominations By Governor Public Lands and Land Office Public Printing (Chair) Stock and Stock Raising

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