Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, J. Cornelius, 1928 

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    JAMES CORNELIUS PARKER 

  Suffolk, Sept. 1. - James Cornelius Parker, aged 71, died tonight at 9 
o'clock at his home at Cypress Chapel, Nansemond County.  He is survived by 
his wife, Mrs. Alex Zena [sic*] Parker; six daughters, Mrs. G.C. Franklin and 
Miss Frances Parker, of Norfolk; Mrs. M.A. Redd, of Suffolk; Mrs. J.M. Ball, 
of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Harry A. Harcum, of Portsmouth, and Miss Louise 
Parker, of Cypress Chapel; eight sons, J.L. and F.T. Parker, of Norfolk; R.C. 
and L.O. Parker, of Suffolk, and W.M., E.C., D.B., and B.G. Parker, of Cypress 
Chapel; eight grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services will be held Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the 
Cypress Chapel Christian Church by the Rev. J.M. Roberts, assisted by the Rev. 
R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Dr. W.W. Staley.  Burial will take place in the 
church cemetery. 

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Bury J. C. Parker At Cypress Chapel 

  James Cornelius Parker, aged 71, died Saturday at 8 o'clock at his home at 
Cypress Chapel, Nansemond County.  He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Alex Zena 
Parker; six daughters, Mrs. O.C. Franklin and Miss Frances Parker, of Norfolk; 
Mrs. M.A. Redd, of Suffolk; Mrs. J.M. Ball, of Jacksonville, Fla.; Mrs. Harry 
A. Harcum, of Portsmouth, and Miss Louise Parker, of Cypress Chapel; eight 
sons, J.L. and F.T. Parker of Norfolk; R.C. and L.O. Parker, of Suffolk; and 
W.M., E.C., D. B., and B.G. Parker, of Cypress Chapel; eight grandchildren and 
several nieces and nephews. 

  Funeral services will be held this afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from the 
Cypress Chapel Christian Church by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Dr. W.W. 
Staley.  Burial will take place in the church cemetery. 

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Many Attend the Funeral of Cornelius Parker 

  The funeral services of Cornelius Parker were conducted Monday afternoon at 
the Cypress Chapel Church, at 3:30 o'clock by the Rev. H.E. Rountree, assisted 
by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and Dr. W.W. Staley.  A very large crowd being 
present. 

  Active pallbearers: Hugh Dudley, A.J. Rountree, Frank Harrell, Heywood [sic; 
Haywood] Bunch, Marshall Jones, Harry Taylor, J.M. Brinkley, W.T. Brinkley. 
Honorary: N.B. Brothers, F.E. Parker, Clarence Bunch, J.T. Rountree, J.E.D. 
Howell, Frank Rountree, C.C. Harrell, D.D. Dozier, Alex Wilkins, R.C. 
Norfleet, W.L. Harrell, R.S. Holland, W.L. Brinkley, J.M. Demond, W.C. 
Riddick, R.E. Griffin, G.A. Nimmo, J.D. Fanney, W.N. Bradshaw, James Brinkley, 
B.B. Harrell, R.B. Brothers, David Duke, W.T. Long, H.V. Knight, L.A. Rodgers, 
E.R. Rodgers, G.W. Byrum.  Interment was in the church cemetery. 


James Cornelius PARKER, farmer, 
b. 18 Jan 1857, Gates Co., NC, d. 1 Sep 1928, Nansemond Co., 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery*, 3 Sep 1928, 
"Virginian-Pilot & Norfolk Landmark," Vol. 112, No. 64, Sun., Sep. 2, 1928, 
   pt. 2, p. 10 {image 22}; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 141, Mon., Sep. 3, 1928, p. 2; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 6, No. 142, Tues., Sep. 4, 1928, p. 5 

*Additional information: 

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

Photos of his gravestone & footstone - added by Emily & Jake Dog - 
   are posted with Find a Grave Memorial #103379878. 

We show his parents as Wiley & Mary Susan (JONES) PARKER, 
   who m. in 1847 in Gates Co., NC. 

D.Cert. 21144 (Cypress #5) gives son of J.C. & Susie (JONES) PARKER; 
   the informant was Mrs. P.D. PARKER - his daughter-in-law A. Louise 
   (BUNCH; Mrs. Paul Dalton Sr.) PARKER.

The Nansemond Co. M.Reg. 1880 #111 gives James C. PARKER, son of Wiley & 
   Mary Jane, and Alexina RIDDICK, daughter of of Thomas & Nancy Jane. 


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