Nansemond-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Howell, Parker D. Sr., 1971 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ PARKER D. HOWELL SR. CHUCKATUCK - Parker Daughtrey Howell Sr., 78, died Thursday at 11:30 a.m. in Louise Obici Memorial Hospital, Suffolk, after a long illness. A native of Isle of Wight County, he was the husband of Mrs. Mattie Carr Howell and a son of the late William Henry and Mrs. Christiana Carr Howell. He was a retired millwright. He was a member of Oakland Christian Church and its I.W. Johnson Sunday School Class. Besides his widow, surviving are a daughter, Mrs. W.A. Howell of Portsmouth; four sons, P.D. Howell Jr. and Dr. R. Leroy Howell of Chuckatuck, Dr. Matthew J. Howell of Portsmouth, and Dr. Virgil Howell of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Florence H. Drewery of Carrsville; and 12 grandchildren. A funeral service will be held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, by Dr. W. Millard Stevens. Burial will be in Holly Lawn Cemetery. ****************************************************************************** PARKER D. HOWELL SR. Funeral services for Parker D. Howell Sr., who died Thursday were held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Sidney F. Harrell Funeral Home by Dr. W. Millard Stevens. Burial was in Holly Lawn Cemetery. Pallbearers were W.G. Saunders Jr., Thurman Knight, Kenneth Eley, Henry Knight, James Floyd Turner, Al Saunders, Ray Howell and Jack Knight. Parker Daughtrey HOWELL, Sr., retired millwright, b. 6 Dec 1894*, Isle of Wight Co., d. 20 May 1971, Suffolk, interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 22 May 1971, "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 121, Fri., May 21, 1971, p. 2; "Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 49, No. 122, Sun., May 23, 1971, p. 16 *Additional information: Holly Lawn list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/hollyln.txt A photo of his gravestone - added by Hixburg23958 - is posted with Find a Grave Memorial #178048012. His WW-II draft card & D.Cert. 71-015835 both give b. 6 Dec 1893. His widow's obit ("Tidewater News," May 21, 1981, p. 10A) is posted at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/obits/h400m3ob.txt His parents, William Henry Thomas & Christanna (CARR) HOWELL, are buried in Mount Carmel Christian Church Cemetery. Mount Carmel list, another extension of the SCHS Cemetery Project: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/isleofwight/cemeteries/mtcarmel.txt Isle of Wight County Historical Society {IWCHS} Grave Site Survey Task Force {GSSTF} report #61: http://www.iwchs.com/Cemetery-Reports.html Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by File Manager Matt Harris (zoobug64@aol.com). file at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/h400p4ob.txt