{{short description|American politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = Harry J. Parrish | image = | caption = | state_delegate = Virginia | district = 50th | term_start = January 12, 1983 | term_end = March 28, 2006 | preceded = Dorothy McDiarmid<br>Ken Plum<br>Jack Rust | succeeded = Jackson Miller | state_delegate2 = Virginia | district2 = 23rd | alongside2 = Floyd Bagley & David Brickley | term_start2 = January 13, 1982 | term_end2 = January 12, 1983 | preceded2 = Elise B. Heinz | succeeded2 = Royston Jester III | birth_name = Harry Jacob Parrish | birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|02|19}} | birth_place = Fairfax, Virginia, U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|03|28|1922|02|19}} | death_place = Manassas, Virginia, U.S. | party = Republican | spouse = Mattie Cannon | alma_mater = Virginia Tech <small>(B.B.A.)</small> <!-- Military service --> | allegiance = {{flag|United States}} | branch = United States Army<br>United States Air Force | service_years = 1944–1971 | rank = Colonel | unit = U.S. Army Air Corps<br>U.S. Air Force Reserve | commands = | battles = World War II<br>Korean War<br>Vietnam War | awards = }}
'''Harry Jacob Parrish''' (February 19, 1922 – March 28, 2006) was a longtime member of the Virginia House of Delegates at the time of his death.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/worldlatest/story/0,,-5718654,00.html|title=Latest news from around the world | The Guardian|website=the Guardian}}</ref> Born February 19, 1922, Parrish served as a colonel in the United States Air Force from 1942 and 1946 before being elected to the town council of Manassas, Virginia in 1951. He held that position until 1963, when he was elected mayor; he served in that capacity until 1981. Parrish became a delegate in 1982. He was also chairman of the board of the Manassas Ice and Fuel Company, Inc.
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==External links== *[http://dela.state.va.us/dela/MemBios.nsf/0/e3d0573468be515085256dfd00532ac4?OpenDocument Historical Bio for Harry J. Parrish].
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