Augusta Chronicle, Georgia
5 February 1947
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James B. Parrott Dies in Atlanta
ATLANTA, Feb 4 (AP) -- James B. Parrott, 64, representative of the Federal Power Commission and veteran of World War I, died today. He had been in ill health for four years.
Born in Laurens county, S.C., in 1892, he attended Presbyterian college at Clinton and entered the Army in 1917. Following his discharge in 1919, he was elected superintendent of the water and light plant in Bishopville, S.C.