Isle of Wight-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Albert S., 1950 

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Tenant Farmer Charged With Fatal Shooting Of Southampton Father 

  A tenant farmer was arrested this morning in his home near Windsor and 
charged with the fatal shotgun blasting of Albert Staley Parker, of 
Southampton County, father of seven children. 

  Parker died about 5:30 a.m. in Lakeview Hospital from a wound in his right 
knee.  He had bled to death from internal hemorrhages, according to Dr. Edward 
Joyner, Suffolk coroner. 

  Accused of murder was J.B. Duck, about 28.  He is being held in the 
Nansemond County jail under $500 bond.  Hearing of the case will be set later. 

  Duck told Sheriff W.C. Whitehead, of Isle of Wight County, that Parker was 
shot during a friendly drinking bout in his house.  But he didn't remember how 
or why it happened, he said. 

Old Shotgun Used 

  The shooting took place about 3:30 or 4 a.m., said Whitehead.  The weapon 
was an old, battered shotgun, "not worth 15 cents," he said. 

  Duck drove Parker to the hospital about 5 a.m. in the injured man's car, and 
then left immediately.  He didn't know Parker had died until he was arrested 
at 8 a.m. by Sheriff Whitehead and Town Sergeant J.C. Cope, of Windsor. 

  Parker, about 35, lived in Southampton County, about seven miles from 
Windsor, in the community of Burdette.  Recently, he operated a peanut-
shelling business in Windsor.  He is also described as a part-time painter and 
carpenter.  He leaves a wife and seven children. 

  Duck, who has a wife and two small children, lives about four miles west of 
Windsor. 

  Besides Duck's family, there was another man, his wife and three children 
sleeping in the Duck house at the time of the shooting.  They were awakened by 
the shot, according to Sheriff Whitehead. 

  Parker's body is resting in the I.O. Hill Funeral Home.  Funeral 
arrangements will be announced later. 

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Parker Funeral To Be Tomorrow 

  Funeral services for Albert Staley Parker, of Southampton County, who died 
early yesterday morning at a local hospital as the result of a gun wound, will 
be held tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock at tha Colosse Baptist Church in 
Isle of Wight County. 

  The Rev. Jack Boyles will conduct the services while burial will take place 
in the church cemetery.  The funeral procession will leave the Hill Funeral 
Home tomorrow afternoon at 2:45 o'clock for the church. 

  Besides his wife, Mrs. Cleo Powell Parker, he is survived by four daughters, 
Misses Annette, Page, Shirley and Carolyn Parker; three sons, George Albert, 
Bobby Jean and William Patrick Parker, all of Isle of Wight County; his 
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.E. Parker of Walters; a sister, Mrs. M.K. Jones of 
Suffolk; three brothers, G.L. Parker of Burdette, S.E. Parker of Pennsville, 
New Jersey, and Lennie B. Parker of Walters. 


Albert Staley PARKER, Zuni R.F.D., carpenter & painter, 
b. 2 Oct 1911, Isle of Wight Co., mortally wounded 18 Jul 1950, near Windsor, 
interred in Colosse Baptist Church Cemetery*, Collosse, 20 Jul 1950, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 88, Tues., July 18, 1950, p. 1; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 27, No. 89, Wed., July 19, 1950, p. 1 

*Additional information: 

Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} 
   Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #44: 
   http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #110290620, which mis-identifies Albert's mother. 

His paternal grandfather James W. PARKER was marked there by the Sons of 
   Confederate Veterans, but most of the information is wrong.  It shows 
   James E. PARKER (1844 - 1909), Sgt., Co. D, 48th MS Infantry.  Rather, 
   he was a private in Co. B, 43rd AL Infantry.  His photo - added by 
   Sunflower State - and one of his gravestone - added by Ron Stewart - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #18938705. 

D.Cert. 15959 (Suffolk #210) 

His widow's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Apr. 23, 1985, p. 2) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p626c3ob.txt 

His parents are buried in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery, Walters. 
   Mount Carmel list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical 
   Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt 
   {IWCHS GSSTF report #61} 

His father's obits ("Suffolk News-Herald" & "Tidewater News," May 1960) 
   are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626w2ob.txt 

His mother's obit ("Suffolk News-Herald," Oct. 9, 1955, p. 3) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/p626a7ob.txt 


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