Marion County GaArchives Obituaries.....Parker, Norma Dunnam August 19, 2023
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Way-Watson Funeral Home BVGA posted Aug 2023

Norma Dunnam Parker
April 26, 1942 — August 19, 2023
Buena Vista


Norma Dunnam Parker
Mrs. Norma Dunnam Parker, 81, of Buena Vista, passed away at Columbus Hospice 
House on August 19, 2023.  Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, August 22, 
2023 at 1:00 PM at Brantley Church with Rev. David Chapman officiating. 
Pallbearers will be Frank Hendricks, Stanley Goodroe, Robert Price, Ricky 
Carnegie, Josh Hendricks, and Jeff Yepez. Honorary Pallbearers will be Pop 
Miller, Clint Owens, Alton Powell, and Jose Rios. The family will greet friends 
at Way-Watson Funeral Home in Buena Vista on Monday evening from 6:00 – 8:00 PM.

Mrs. Parker was born April 26, 1942 in Columbus, MS to Norman M. and Norma 
O’Neal Dunnam.  She was a member of Brantley Church.  Mrs. Parker began her 
career in education after high school, where she attended Hines Junior College, 
University of Southern Mississippi and eventually graduating with a Master’s 
Degree from Auburn University. She would go on to serve as librarian for DeKalb 
High School, Kendrick High School and Shaw High School for 32 years before her 
retirement. After retirement, she began working as a substitute teacher for the 
Marion County School System and also worked in all of the county offices at one 
point or another. Mrs. Parker loved being around people and was always engaging 
with them.  She never met a stranger.  She also enjoyed traveling with her 
family, reading, gardening and deer hunting. In addition to her parents, she was 
preceded in death by two brothers, William F. Dunnam and Richard Glenn Dunnam; 
and a sister, Catherine Suggs.

Survivors include her devoted husband of 59 years, Dennis Parker of Buena Vista 
and her beloved son, John Martin Parker of Columbus; and several nieces and 
nephews.

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