Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Parker, Mary Bates October 26, 2022 ************************************************ 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: Jean Frost http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00025.html#0006103 October 27, 2022, 8:48 pm Way Watson Funeral Home BVGA Posted 2022 Mary Parker April 27, 1939 — October 26, 2022 Buena Vista Mary Parker Mrs. Mary Bates Parker, 83 of Buena Vista, passed away on Wednesday, October 26, 2022 at Columbus Hospice House. Graveside services will be held on Saturday, October 29, 2022 at 11:30 AM in Buena Vista Cemetery with Rev. Chris Hess officiating. Pallbearers will be Dan Jones, Clifford Waller, Joey Wells, John Martin Parker, Ricky Singleton, and Tee Renard. Honorary pallbearer is Billy Joe Waller. Mrs. Parker was born April 27, 1939 in Talbot County, GA to Oscar G. and Allene Virginia Culpepper Bates. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Buena Vista. Mrs. Parker loved spending time with her family, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She enjoyed reading and adored animals. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her siblings, Betty Harvey, Gilbert Olson, Christina Prather and Janie Willis. Survivors include her two daughters, Sandy Leonard and Debbie Studdard; two grandchildren, Robbie Bell (Tamsyn) and Dustin Bell (Shantel Danielle); great- grandchildren, Hannah Bell, Zoey Bell, Kaleigh Bell, Audrey Bell, Mason Bell, and Janie Chambliss; two sisters, Cecilia Messimer and Francis Forrester; brother and sister-in-law, Dennis and Norma Parker; and a nephew, John Martin Parker. Way-Watson Funeral Home of Buena Vista, GA, has been entrusted with the arrangements. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/marion/obits/p/parker6402nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 2.0 Kb