Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, T. Edward, 1970 

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T. EDWARD PARKER 

  GATES, N.C. -- Thomas Edward (Ed) Parker, 83, died Wednesday morning in a 
Suffolk hospital. 

  A native of Gates County, he was a son of James Robert and Mrs. Mary 
Virginia Rountree Parker and the husband of Mrs. Mamie Bass Parker. 

  He was a member of Kittrell's United Methodist Church, and Gates Hunt Club 
and a merchant 52 years. 

  Besides his wife, he is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Howard C. Holland of 
Alexandria; four sisters, Mrs. J.W. Boone of Seaboard, Mrs. Arthur Simpson 
of Suffolk, Mrs. W.F. Hill of Sunbury and Miss Virginia Parker of Norfolk; 
and three grandchildren. 

  A funeral service will be held Friday at 4 p.m. in Kittrell's United 
Methodist Church by the Rev. Robert Randalls.  Burial will be in Holly Lawn 
Cemetery, Suffolk, with Jack W. Harrell Funeral Home, Gatesville, in charge. 


Thomas Edward "Ed" PARKER, retired merchant, 
b. 21 Mar 1887, Gates Co., NC, d. 1 Jul 1970, Suffolk, 
interred in Holly Lawn Cemetery*, Suffolk, 3 Jul 1970, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 48, No. 157, Thurs., July 2, 1970, p. 7 

*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 Ken Campbell - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #131443884. 

D.Cert. 70-021997 

His parents are buried in the PARKER-WILKINS family cemetery, Drum Hill, 
   Gates Co., NC. 


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