Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, John E., 1959 

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John E. Parker Dies Unexpectedly 

  John (Johnnie) Ervin Parker, of 115 North St., an employee of I.O. Hill and 
Company for the past 56 years, died unexpectedly today at 6:45 a.m. at the 
Obici Memorial Hospital.  He was 70 years old. 

  Funeral services will be conducted Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home 
by the Rev. John C. Mitchell, pastor of the First Baptist Church and the Rev. 
R.E. Brittle, pastor of Bethlehem Christian Church.  Burial will be in Cedar 
Hill Cemetery. 

  Mr. Parker started to work for I.O. Hill and Company Nov. 20, 1904, when he 
was only 14 years old, and has worked for the firm continuously since that 
time. 

  A native of Northampton County, he has lived in Suffolk most of his life. 

  He was a member of the First Baptist Church and son of the late John Willie 
Parker and Georgie Anna Bridges Parker of Northampton County and husband of 
the late Mrs. Emma Phea Porter Parker of Suffolk. 

  He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Robert A. Perry of Suffolk and Mrs. 
Maurice C. Belote of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. Lena P. Duke of Norfolk; four 
grandchildren, Miss Celeste Parker and John Shelden Parker of Port Charlotte, 
Fla., Janice Rhea Perry of Suffolk and Mary Ruth Belote of Norfolk, and 
several nieces and nephews. 

[photo, captioned:] 

JOHN E. PARKER 

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John Ervin Parker Buried Here Sunday 

  Funeral services for John Ervin Parker, who died Friday, were conducted 
Sunday at 4 p.m. at the Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. John C. Mitchell, pastor 
of the First Baptist Church.  Burial was in Cedar Hill Cemetery. 

  Mr. Mitchell read two poems, "Crossing the Bar" and "Be still." 

  Mrs. J. Webb Pinner, Jr., organist, played two hymns "Sunrise" and "My Faith 
Looks Up To Thee." 

  The casket was covered with a pall of red carnations and Easter lilies. 

  Pallbearers were Blackwell Cross, Irving Wilkins, S.D. Ellis, Sydney F. 
Harrell, Herbert Underwood, Stanley Rogers, Sam Chilton, Sr., Dr. Charles 
Steel, Ben Holland and R.W. Woodward.  Tidewater funeral directors and friends 
were honorary pallbearers. 


"Johnnie" John Ervin PARKER, funeral director, 
b. 27 Feb 1889, Northampton Co., NC, d. 5 Jun 1959, Suffolk, 
interred in Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block G, Lot 114*), Suffolk, 7 Jun 1959, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 133, Fri., June 5, 1959, p. 3; 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 37, No. 135, Mon., June 8, 1959, p. 3 

*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 his gravestone - added by Wayne Lunde - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #53583438. 

His mother (1858 - 1921) is buried in the same lot. 

D.Cert. 15848 (Chuckatuck #146) 


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