Menoka Parrish with her family

1. Menoka Parrish passes away
   
   
   Monongah’s Menoka Parrish, mother of Dairy Kone owner Lloyd Parrish in Monongah, passed away Saturday, December 2.
   
   
   Menoka was a housekeeper at Fairmont Motor Lodge, a sales clerk at Hertzog Drugstore in Worthington and a Sunday School teacher at the Teverbaugh Baptist Church.
   
   
   Lloyd and wife Sandra Parrish, who bought the Dairy Kone from Gary and Diane Masters, live in Enterprise.
   
   
   Menoka’s obituary:
   Menoka Parrish, 82, of Thoburn Dr. Monongah passed away Saturday, December 2, 2016 at her residence.
   
   She was born October 18, 1934 in Gaurdian, WV (Webster County); daughter of the late Hayes and Beatrice McElwain Hall; her grandparents, Bill and Bessie McElwain, whom she referred to as Mom and Dad.
   
   Menoka is survived by one son, Lloyd and Sandra Parrish of Enterprise; one grandson, Lloyd Parrish II, of Enterprise; one granddaughter, April Parrish of Clarksburg; three step granddaughters, Rhonda and Rob Vance of Shinnston, Kayla and Cierra Coberly both of Enterprise; one great grandson, Cruz Parrish; two step great grandsons, Matthew and Jordan Cowger two brothers, Cletus and Helen Hall, Keith Hall all of Ohio; one sister, Nadine and Warren “Jargo” Cochran of Ohio; two sisters-in-law, Edith and Donna Hall both of Ohio; special niece, Karen Starcher of Worthington; lifelong dear friend, Francis Toothman of Four States; several nieces and nephews. Along with her parents and husband, Stewart Lee Parrish, she was preceded in death by two brothers, Darrell and Lynn Hall; one sister-in-law, Jene Hall.
   
   Menoka worked as a housekeeper for 10 years at Fairmont Motor Lodge and was a sales clerk at Hertzog Drugstore in Worthington for 4 years. She was a Sunday school teacher at the Teverbaugh Baptist Church. She loved to cook, shop and visit family.
   
   Family will receive friends at Dorsey Funeral Home, 701 S. Pike Street, Shinnston, on Tuesday, December 6, 2016 from 1:00-8:00pm; funeral service will be Wednesday, December 7, 2016 at 11:00am with Pastor Craig Blankenship presiding. Interment will follow at Parrish Cemetery in Teverbaugh.
   
   Online condolences may be sent to DorseyFuneralHomeWV.com. Dorsey Funeral Home is honored to assist the Parrish family.