David J Parsons

Born February 7, 2004 in China, David became an American citizen on April 27, 2006.

Surviving are his parents, Douglas Mark and Jennifer Anne (Moses) Parsons; two sisters, Merrill Danielle Parsons and Jessica Janan Parsons; one brother, Jack Douglas Parsons, all at home; his grandparents, Merrill M. and Carol R. Parsons of Pekin and William H. and Janan R. Moses of San Antonio, Texas and his great-grandmother, Margaret Rodgers of Austin, Texas.

In such a short time, David blessed many lives and forever changed his family. He had an indescribable joy for everything and was a perfect little boy.

He attended Riverside Community Church in Peoria, where a memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, August 18, 2006. Pastor John King will officiate. There will be no visitation. Private burial will be in Glendale Memorial Gardens in Pekin. Arrangements have been entrusted to Preston-Hanley Funeral Home, Pekin Chapel.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial contributions to All God's Children International, in memory of David Parsons, 3308 Northeast Peerless Place, Portland, Oregon 97232.