Irvine Winter Parsons
(October 4, 1920 - November 1, 2013)

Irvine Winter Parsons, 93, of Huntington, West Virginia died peacefully at home on November 1, 2013. Irvine was born October 4, 1920, in Montour, Pennsylvania. She was the late daughter of August F. Winter and Agnes Winter of Logan, West Virginia. She was a music teacher in the Cabell County School system for forty years having taught music to thousands of children at both Lincoln Elementary and Beverly Hills Junior High School. After retiring from full time teaching, Irvine continued to substitute teach in Cabell County until the age of 92. It had been reported that she was the eldest teacher teaching in the State of West Virginia. Irvine had always said, "My greatest love after family was my teaching of all my students. I loved working with all of them. It was my life's work." Irvine was a graduate of Logan High School and West Virginia University. She pursued post-graduate music training at Marshall University and the University of Toronto. She was a member and elder at Enslow Park Presbyterian Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, William E. Parsons, her siblings, Dr. August F. Winter, Jr., Robert Winter, Eleanor J. Cunningham, all of Logan, West Virginia, and Lorraine Maynard of Tucson, Arizona. Surviving her are her children, Karen L. Penick of Savannah, Georgia, and William E. Parsons II of Wheeling, West Virginia. She is also survived by her daughter-in-law, Donna L. Crow of Wheeling, grandchildren, Elizabeth F. Smith, Matthew A. Parsons, and Jeffrey E. Parsons, and great grandchildren, Olivia L. Smith, Eleanor E. Smith, Mac R. Parsons and Sawyer D. Parsons. Guests will be received at Klingel-Carpenter Mortuary, 328 6th Avenue, Huntington for visitation on Monday, November 4, 2013, between the hours of 5:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Funeral services will be conducted at Enslow Park Presbyterian Church on Tuesday, November 5, 2013, at 1:00 p.m. Interment will take place immediately after the service at Ridgelawn Memorial Park Cemetery. The family would like to offer a special "thank you" to Hospice of Huntington in memory of Mrs. Parsons sister, Eleanor Cunningham.