Lamar-Rockdale County GaArchives Obituaries.....Parker, William Carl September 7, 1961 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Elaine Turk Nell http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00017.html#0004116 October 24, 2005, 2:22 pm probably Barnesville News-Gazette, Sept. 1961 Rev. W. Carl Parker Dies Thursday A.M. The Rev. William Carl Parker, 77, of 424 Zebulon street, Barnesville, died early Thursday morning at his residence, after an extended illness. He was born in Conyers. Ga., and had lived in Lamar County for a number of years. Mr. Parker was a member of the Fredonia Congregational Church. He was former pastor and pastor emeritus of the Fredonia Congregational Church. He has pastored churches in Georgia for 50 years, including Center Congregational Church in Atlanta, Ga., Hampton County Line Congregational Church Williams Chapel, Waycross, Ga. and the Friendship Congregational church in Baxley, Ga. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Lilly Zelma Kiser Parker, Barnesville; three daughters, Mrs. James J. thomas, Forest Park, Ga., Mrs. R. L. Bennett, Jr., Atlanta, Ga., Mrs. J. D. Driggers, Jacksonville, Fla.; two sons, A. T. Parker, Albany, Ga., and L. S. Parker, Atlanta, Ga; four sisters, Mrs. Carlton Cason, Mrs. Hoyt Carson, Mrs. Outler Peele, all of Atlanta, Ga. and Mrs. Guy Chastain, Miami, Fla.; two brothers, P. L. Parker, Flagler Beach, Fla. and J. E. Parker, Atlanta, Ga.; 10 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Funeral services were conducted Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock form the Fredonia Congregational Church. The Rev. Kermit Harris officiated. Burial was in the church cemetery. The body was carried to the church one hour prior to the service to lie in state. Hubbard Funeral Home of Barnesville, Ga. wa sin charge of arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/lamar/obits/p/parker7732ob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.2 Kb