Background
Fuller, Parrish was born on May 21, 1892 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Wilson and Minnie Lora (Parrish) Fuller.
Fuller, Parrish was born on May 21, 1892 in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Son of William Wilson and Minnie Lora (Parrish) Fuller.
Student Wabash College 1910-1911, Master of Arts, 1949, honorary Doctor of Laws, 1954.
General manager J.O. Parrish Lumber Company, Shelbyville, Indiana, 1914-1918. Assistant to president Hillyer Deutsch Edwards, Incorporated., Oakdale, Louisiana, 1919-1920, vice president, general manager, 1920-1968. Vice president Hillyer Edwards Fuller, Incorporated., Glenmore, Louisiana, 1923-1940.
General partner King-Edwards-Fuller Company, Saint Francisville, Louisiana, 1940-1947, Avoyelles Timber Company, Bordelonville, Louisiana, 1940-1964, Edwards & Fuller, Oakdale, Louisiana, 1938-1970, Fuller Farms, 1930-1972, Shelbyville, Indiana.
Vice president King Lumber Industries, Canton, Mississippi, 1946-1950, Canton & Carthage Railroad Company, 1946-1953. General partner Heflands Timber Company, 1961-1968.
President J.O.Parrish Lumber Сompany. Vice president Porter Steel Speciality, Incorporated., Shelbyville, Indiana, 1946-1951.
Director, chairman forest lands and products committee Celotex Corporation, Chicago.
Director Canton (Mississippi) & Carthage Railroad Company, 1946-1953. Director SouthShore Oil & Development Company, New Orleans, 1946-1966, National Bank of Commerce, New Orleans, 1946-1966, New Orleans and Lower Coast Railroad, 1951-1970, J.O. Parrish Lumber Company Chairman, Louisiana State Salvage, 1942-1945, United War Fund, 1943-1945. Member Louisiana State Board Education, president, 1952.
Vice chairman Louisiana Commission Higher Education, 1955-1956.
Chairman Citizens Advisory Committee on Louisiana Education, 1964;member coordinating council Louisiana State Colleges Louisiana State University, 1948-1952. Board visitors Tulane University.
Trustee Wabash College. Board of Governors Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Saint Francis Cabrini Hospital, Alexandria, Louisiana.
Member of Pioneer Club (Lake Charles, Louisiana), Woodstock Club (Indianapolis), Plimsoll Club (New Orleans), International House Club, Chicago Club, Boston Club, Country Club, Sigma Chi.
Married Hester Porter, October 18, 1919. Children: Mary Margaret (Mistress James Doctorate. Voorhees), William Porter.