Passed peacefully away surrounded by his loving family at the Carbonear General Hospital on Friday, February 8, 2013, James H. Parsons of Freshwater, Carbonear, age 89 years. Predeceased by wife: Mabel; son: Douglas; parents: George and Julianne Parsons; sister: Nellie Oates; brother: Leonard; daughter-in-law: Marilyn Parsons-Antle. Left to mourn, eight daughters: Judy (Lloyd) Green, Carbonear, Elsie (Will) Collins, Victoria, Dallas (Eric) Parsons, Freshwater, Carbonear, Helen (Hubert) Parsons, Salmon Cove, Leona (Randy) King and Susan (Dennis) Green, both of Freshwater, Carbonear, Claudia (Bernie) Woodrow, Salmon Cove and Claudette (David) White, Freshwater, Carbonear; five sons: Bert (Frederica), Nelson and Jim (Denise), all of Carbonear, Evan (Barbara) and Junior (Bonnie), both of Freshwater, Carbonear; a large number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren; two sisters: Sarah Hatcher, Bonne Bay and Ethel Deering, Freshwater, Carbonear; daughter-in-law: Harriet Parsons, Salmon Cove; also a large number of other relatives and friends. Rested at Noel's Funeral Home, Water Street, Carbonear. Pastor Geoffrey Ryan conducted the funeral service on Monday, February 11 from Bethel Pentecostal Church, Victoria. Interment took place in Bethel Pentecostal Cemetery, Victoria. Donations in his memory may be made to the Epilepsy Society of NL. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care of Noel’s Funeral Home, Carbonear. Please visit www.noelsfuneralhome.com to sign the memorial guest book.