Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Baker, Parley, 1933 

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PARLEY BAKER

   Parley Baker, well-known citizen of Capron, died at his home in that town 
Saturday, September 23, aged 66 years.  Mr. Baker was a native of Maryland who 
had made his home in this county for a number of years and was a member of the 
Board of Supervisors for Capron District for two terms.

   He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Minnie Russell Baker; six daughters, Mrs. 
Frank Birdsall of Sutherland, Mrs. E.F. White of Petersburg, Mrs. Howard Moore 
of Emporia, Misses Mary Sue, Florence and Augusta Baker of Capron; four sons, 
Otis F. Baker, of Portsmouth, William P. Baker of Suffolk, Irving and Roland 
Baker of Capron; and by one aunt, Mrs. Thomas Farlow of Pittsville, Md.

   Funeral services were held from the residence in Capron Sunday afternoon 
with Rev. R.H. Marks officiating, assisted by Rev. E.C. Dean, pastor of West 
End Baptist Church, Suffolk.  Active pallbearers were his four sons and two 
nephews, Leland Riddick, and Hazlett Rountree, Peyton Smith and Dashland 
Barham.

   The body was taken to Suffolk for interment in Cedar Hill Cemetery.


Parley BAKER, former merchant & County Supervisor for Capron District, 
MD native, d. 23 Sep 1933, at home, Capron, age 66, 
interred in the Cedar Hill Cemetery (Block H, Lot 128*), Suffolk, 24 Sep 1933, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 29, 1933 

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

His marriage record - 

Parley Baker, 25, b. 1867, sn/o Melborn and Mary Baker 
Minnie Russell, 19, b. 1873, F.H. and Sallie S. Russell 
m. 28 Dec 1892, Hunters Mill, Gates Co., NC 
FamilySearch.org database "North Carolina, Marriages, 1759-1979" 


His Death Certificate, #20965, gives the following: 

Magisterial District of Capron 
   or 
Inc. Town of Capron, Va.; Registration Dist. No. 871B; Registerd No. 22 

Mr. Parley Baker 
male; white; married - husband of Mrs. Minnie Baker 
b. Oct. 19, 1867, Maryland; age 65 yrs, 11 mos, 4 days 

Retired 
was merchant until late years; 
Supervisor of Co. for 8 years  

father: Samuel Milbourne Baker, b. Maryland 
mother: Mary Ann Truitt, b. Pittsville, Maryland 

informant: Irving Baker, Capron, Va. {bro Jno. Irving} 

burial: Suffolk, Va., Sept. 24, 1933 
undertaker: I.O. Hill & Co., Suffolk, VA. 

filed: Sept. 23, 1933; registar Mrs. T.W. Story 

treated Feby. 28, 1933 to Sept. 23, 1933 
last seen Sept. 23, 1933 
d. Sept. 23, 1933 
no special disease; but a gradual loss of appetite 
(due to no known Cause) till death occurred, for lack of nourishment. 

[not signed by physician, but in the hand of Dr. J.N. Applewhite, of Capron] 


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