Janet Lee Parsons

September 12, 1953 - March 6, 2021

Janet Lee Parsons, a retired school teacher, passed away on March 6, 2021 at a local hospital following a several month illness. Visitation: 10 to 12 p.m. Monday at Guerrero-Dean Funeral Home, 500 E Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX, 75050 where funeral services will be conducted at 12. Burial will follow at Watson Cemetery. Janet Lee Parsons, the only child of the late Robert Lee Parsons and Marian Frances Sisson Parsons was born on September 12, 1953 in Dallas. She was a graduate of Arlington High School and Southern Methodist University. The also attended classes at the University of Texas in Arlington. She retired from the Arlington School District after teaching more than thirty-years. While in school, she excelled in music as a singer and in drama as an actress. She was involved in musicals in Mew York, including The Winters Tale, before longing for her hometown and friends. She won a local competition, earning the opportunity to sing on the Lawrence Welk Show. Anyone that knew her will recall her love for cats. She would make sure all strays in the neighborhood were feed. After retirement, she worked at Petsmart allowing her to exhibit her love for all animals. She is survived by her mother, Marian Sisson Parsons, an aunt and cousins. She was preceded in death by her father, Captain Bob Parsons of the Arlington Police Department.