Nansemond-Accomack County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Harry R., 1945 

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HARRY R. PARKER

H.R. PARKER RITES HELD AT HIS HOME

   ACCOMAC, Aug. 23 -(AP) - State Trooper Harry R. Parker, 69, died Tuesday at 
his home here. He had been with the State Police since 1928, after serving as 
deputy sheriff of Accomac County for 15 years.

   Born in Suffolk, son of the late Henry and Fannie Norworthy Parker, he 
attended the College of William and Mary, where he played left end on the first 
football team there to defeat the University of Richmond. In 1907, he came to 
the Eastern Shore and settled at Accomac.

   Funeral services were held at 4 P.M. Thursday at the residence, with burial 
in Edgehill Cemetery.

   He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clarence Melson and Mrs. Robert F. 
Burdick, of Accomac; three sons, Sergeant Henry R. Parker, of the State police; 
David A. parker, of Onley; Seaman First Class James Ernest Parker, USN, now in 
the Pacific; two sisters, Mrs. J. L. Street, who lives in California, and Mrs. 
H. Page Johnson, of Richmond; three grandchildren, Mary Gayle Parker, Culpepper; 
David M. Parker, Onley, and Pamela Melson, Accomac.


[Harry R. PARKER, b. Suffolk, d. 21 Aug 1945, Accomac, age 69, 
 interred in Edgehill Cemetery, Accomack Co., 23 Aug 1945, 
 donated obit, newspaper unknown, dateline Aug. 23, 1945] 

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