Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Ava C. Howell, 1941 

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AVA CROSS HOWELL PARKER

   Mrs. Ava Howell Parker, wife of Thomas L. Parker of this town, died 
suddenly last Friday afternoon at her home in Euphradian Park.  She was the 
daughter of the late W.T. and Mrs. Mollie Howell of Somerton, Va., and had 
made her home in Franklin for many years.  She was a faithful member of the 
Franklin Baptist Church and of its Woman’s Missionary Society, a consistent 
Christian character of many fine traits, a good neighbor who numbered a wide 
circle of friends.

   She is survived by her husband; by two daughters, Mrs. Thomas H. Canady 
and Miss Mildred Parker of Franklin; two sons, Gilbert Parker of Petersburg 
and Thomas L. Parker, Jr. of Chicago; two grandchildren, Thomas H. Canady, Jr. 
of this town and Thomas L. Parker, 3rd of Chicago; a sister, Mrs. E.J. 
Langston and a brother, V.T. Howell, both of Whaleyville.

   Funeral services were held from the Franklin Baptist Church Sunday 
afternoon at 3 o’clock in the presence of a large assemblage of friends by her 
pastor, Rev. R.D. Stephenson, with Rev. B.B. Bland of the Methodist Church and 
Dr. Elwood W. Jones of the Congregational Christian Church assisting.  The 
casket was covered with a pall of Easter lilies and white roses.   Burial was 
made in Poplar Spring Cemetery, the pallbearers being: E.A. Darby, Jesse A. 
Weede, George H. Parker, J.J. Finley, Claude J. Edwards, W.H. Jones, Lloyd A. 
Whitley and J.P. King.


Ava Cross (HOWELL; Mrs. Thomas L. Sr.) PARKER, 
Nansemond Co. native, d. 17 Jan 1941, at home, Franklin, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Annex 2, Plot 127*), Franklin, 
   19 Jan 1941, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Jan. 24, 1941 

*Southampton County Historical Society, Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/psanx2.txt 

Her husband's obit ("Tidewater News," Feb. 11, 1954) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626t1ob.txt 

Daughter Mildred (1904-1991) married Harry L. PATTON (before Feb 1954), 
   and daughter Marjorie (1901-1983) m. Thomas H. Canady (Sr.); 
   both daughters are buried in the family plot. 

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