Julia "Bernice" (Belcher) Parsons

Julia “Bernice” (Belcher) Parsons, 82, formerly of Greenfield, passed peacefully on December 26, 2025, at Hancock Regional Hospital in Greenfield, Indiana.

Funeral Services will be held Wednesday, December 31, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. in the Chapel of Upton-Hay Funeral Home with Gary Herndon officiating and interment to follow in the New Hope Cemetery. Visitation with the family will be Wednesday, December 31, 2025, from 11:00 a.m. until time for the service.

Bernice was born on December 22, 1943, in Tompkinsville, Kentucky, to the late Elmer and Dorothy (Harlan) Belcher. In addition to her parents, she was also preceded in death by death by her spouse Boyd Parsons; son, Patrick Bruce Parsons; and sisters, Betty Smith and Beatrice Hale.

She is survived by her daughters, Rissa Herndon and husband, Gary, of New Palestine, and Tammy York and husband, Bill, of Acton; brother, Frank Belcher and wife, Janice, of Greenfield; grandchildren, Melissa Gipson and husband, Mike, Jennifer Pyrcioch and husband, Jake, Jonathan Schiewer and wife, Chelsea, and Julianne Dale and husband, Jacob; 14 great-grandchildren; sister-in-law, Mary Webb of Celina, Tennessee; lifelong friend, Carol Billlingsley of Indianapolis; and several nieces and nephews.

The Upton-Hay Funeral Home is honored to serve the family of Mrs. Julia “Bernice” Parsons.