I am also researching a Parson or Parsons name. My grandfather was named Joe Parson or Parsons. He was taken in by a family named Mcallister after something happened with his family. All he remembered was a fire then the orphanage. The McAllisters could not adopt him because his mother was still alive but he changed his name to J. P. McAllister. We have found one brother by the name of Cliff Parsons. This is the information I have now:
MCALLISTER, JOE
426-20-3707
Birth: 21 Sep 1914 Yalobusha County
Death: Mar 1976
Thanks,
Sarah McAllister Ott