Long County GaArchives Photo tombstone.....Joseph Hampton Parker 
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Cemetery: Jones Creek Baptist Church Cemetery
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Joseph Hampton Parker, born 12/23/1856, died 7/11/1931, married Eliza Annie 
Terry.  His parents were Hampton Cling PARKER and Catherine BAGGS Parker.










Additional Comments:
Joseph Hampton Parker was a member of the Georgia's House of Representatives, 
1911-1914, and of the Senate, 1925-26. He was for fifty-seven years a member of 
Jones Creek Baptist Church, superintendent of its Sunday School forty-eight 
years, a deacon for forty-seven, and moderator of the New Sunbury Association 
for twelve. When he passed away, Dr. O.P. Gilbert, editor of the Christian 
Index, stated that his death "removes from Southeast Georgia one of its best 
and most highly honored citizens. His pastor was the Rev. A. R. Richardson, and 
what pals they were. One was indeed fortunate to witness their comradeship." 

He was a successful farmer, and cattleman, devoting the whole of his business 
life to these interests. 

His wife, Annie Eliza Terry, was a grand lady of the Old South, a wonderful 
wife, mother, and grandmother. She numbered among her illustrious forebears the 
brother of Georgia's first Governor John Adam Treutlen. Those who had the 
privilege of knowing her shall always cherish her memory.



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