The funeral service for Charles Somerset Parran will be held Saturday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Prince Frederick, Md. Interment to follow.
Parran, 73, of Alexandria and Hillsboro, N.H., died on Thursday, July 7, 2016 at Hillsboro House Nursing Home.
Owner of Parran Construction, Parran worked as a general contractor and master carpenter for over 35 years in Old Town Alexandria and the surrounding vicinity. Specializing in historic restoration, his work included Robert E. Lee’s boyhood home, the Old Presbyterian Meeting House and the Chinese Room at Gunston Hall.
He is survived by daughter, Gweneth Airgood and her husband James of Henniker, N.H. and daughter, Susan Parran of Amherst, N.H.