Grady-Baker-Thomas County GaArchives Obituaries.....Parker, J. M.  February 1907
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Cairo Messenger, February 22, 1907
An Old Citizen Gone
Hon. J. M. Parker, one of the oldest and most prominent citizens of Cairo, died 
at his residence, after a very brief illness, last Friday evening, at 7 
o'clock.  He had been in feeble health for several years, but the immediate 
cause of his death was LaGrippe.  The funeral services, conducted by his 
pastor, Dr. R. H. Harris, were held at the Baptist church, at 2:30 p.m. and 
were attended by a congregation that packed the house.  Interment, immediately 
following, took place in the new cemetery.

Mr. Parker was a native of Baker county, in this state, and was in his seventy-
fifth year, at the time of his death.  The principal part of his life was spent 
in farming and by industry, good judgment and economy, he has amassed quite a 
handsome property.

He had been a Baptist deacon for many years and had represented Thomas county, 
for a term or two, in the legislature, some thirty odd years ago.

His wife, who survives him was Miss Rhoda A Bowen, of a very prominent old 
Thomas county family, and the union had lasted about fourty years.  Some months 
ago, she sustained a fracture of the hips, from a fall, and she has not 
sufficiently recovered to be able to walk well.  She has the sympathy of the 
entire community, in her sad bereavement.  

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