Elizabeth Smith Parkhurst

Background

Parkhurst, Elizabeth Smith was born on July 26, 1958 in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States. Daughter of Ralph James Junior and Martha Sue (McLellan) Smith.

Education

Bachelor, Rhodes College, 1980.

Career

Administrative assistant, Rose Public Company, Little Rock, 1980-1981; associate director, August House, Inc., Little Rock, 1981-1984; executive vice president, August House, Inc., Little Rock, since 1984.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Smith Parkhurst has been listed as a noteworthy Publisher by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • Homecoming: The Southern Family in Short Fiction

    (Book by Parkhurst, Liz Smith)

Membership

Co-chairman membership committee Arkansas History Association, Fayetteville, 1984. Delegate council on ministries First United Methodist Church, Little Rock, 1983, co-chairman social concerns work area, 1983, young adult council, since 1985. Member Arkansas Literature Society (board directors since 1984), Publications Association of South (chairman membership committee since 1985, vice president and president-elect 1991-1992), South Center Booksellers Association (treasurer since 1987), Rhodes College Red & Black Society (executive committee 1991-1992), Phi Beta Kappa, Omicron Delta Kappa.

Lodges: Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.) (president Little Rock chapter 1985-1986).

Connections

Married Ted A. Parkhurst, June 27, 1981.

Father:

Ralph James Smith Junior

Mother:

Martha Sue (McLellan) Smith

Spouse:

Ted A. Parkhurst