Nansemond-Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Parker, S. Antoinette, 1948 

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SARAH ANTOINETTE PARKER 

Miss Sarah Parker Died Yesterday 

  Miss Sarah Antionette Parker, a former resident of Suffolk, died at the home 
of her sister, Mrs. Nathaniel Burnley, in Charlottesville, yesterday afternoon 
at two o'clock after an illness of several months. 

  Mrs. Parker, who taught in the Suffolk Public Schools for thirty years, had 
made her home with her sister in Charlottesville since her retirement. 

  She was the daughter of the late Charles and Susan Ellen Daughtrey Parker of 
Southampton County. 

  Besides her sister, she is survived by five brothers: Thomas L., C.C., 
Harvey O., Luther W., and Joseph S. Parker; several nieces and nephews. 

  The body will be brought to Suffolk and taken to the I.O. Hill and Company 
Funeral Home, where funeral services will be held Saturday afternoon at two 
o'clock, conducted by the Rev. J. Lester Lane. 

  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

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DEATH OF MISS NETTIE PARKER 

   Miss Sarah Antoinette Parker, 69, a native of former resident of Franklin, 
died at two o'clock Thursday afternoon, March 4, at the home of her sister, 
Mrs. Nathaniel Burnley, in Charlottesville after an illness of several months. 

   Miss Nettie, as she was known to numerous friends in Franklin, was born in 
this town on July 13, 1878, the daughter of the late Charles and Susan Ellen 
Daughtrey Parker.  She taught in the public schools of Suffolk for thirty 
years, retiring in 1929 and returning to Franklin to make her home with her 
brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Parker.  Since 1942 she had 
been making her home in Charlottesville with her sister, Mrs. Burnley. 

   Besides her sister, she is survived by five brothers, Thomas L. Parker of 
Franklin, Clifton C. Parker of Ridgeland, S.C., Harvey O. Parker of 
Washington, D.C., Luther W. Parker of Sellers, S.C. and Joseph S. Parker of 
Richmond, and a number of nieces and nephews. 

   Funeral services for Miss Parker were conducted Saturday afternoon at two 
o'clock at the I.O. Hill Funeral Home in Suffolk, with Rev. J. Lester Lane, 
pastor of the First Baptist Church, officiating, assisted by Rev. R.D. 
Stephenson of Portsmouth.  During the services Mrs. Julian Goodwin played 
"Abide With Me" and "Going Home."  The pall was of white snapdragons, stock 
and white carnations. 

   Burial was in the family plot in Cedar Hill Cemetery, Suffolk, the 
pallbearers being J.J. Finley, Jr., Roger Beale, James Beale, Warren Beale, 
Dr. Wood Campbell, P.M. Burton, James Butler and John Vincent. 


Sarah Antoinette "Miss Nettie" PARKER, retired teacher & principal, 
b. 13 Jul 1878, Franklin, d. 4 Mar 1948, at sister's home, Charlottesville, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery*, Suffolk, 6 Mar 1948, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 24, No. 294, Fri., Mar. 5, 1948, p. 1; 
"Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Vol. 42, No. 20, Fri., Mar. 12, 1948, p. 20 

*Additional information: 

Cedar Hill list, an extension of the Southampton County Historical Society 
   {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cedar_p.txt 

A photo of her gravestone - added by Steve Poole - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #91651809. 

Her parents, "Charlie" Charles Godwin & "Susie" Susan Ellen (DAUGHTREY) 
   PARKER, are buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 5295 (C'ville #35) 

Her mother's obits ("Tidewater News," Dec. 9, 1932, & donated) are posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/obits/p626s3ob.txt 


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