Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Anna F. Taylor, 1952 

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ANNA FROST TAYLOR PARKER

   Mrs. Anna Taylor Parker, 54, wife of George Hinson Parker, Sr., died at her 
Clay Street residence on Saturday afternoon, March 8, after a long illness.

   Born in Rock Island, Ill., in 1897, she was the daughter of the late Frank 
D. and Anna Wilcox Taylor.  In 1907 she moved with her parents to Ivor, where 
she lived until the time of her marriage.  She attended Randolph-Macon 
Institute in Danville, and was graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman’s College 
in Lynchburg.

   Mrs. Parker was active in civic and church affairs.  She was a member of 
the Franklin Book Club, and a charter member of the past president of the 
Franklin Garden Club.  She was also the first president of the Hermitage 
Guild, the women’s auxiliary of the Methodist Home for the Aged in Richmond. 
Just a week before her death she was elected president emeritus of the 
organization.

   Besides her husband Mrs. Parker is survived by two stepchildren, Mrs. 
Frances Parker Bradford and George Hinson Parker, Jr., both of Franklin; three 
grandchildren, Kenneth Bradford, Jr., George Hinson Parker, 3d, and Westbrook 
J. Parker, also of Franklin; two brothers, Richard W. Taylor of Phoenix, 
Ariz., and Robert F. Taylor of Stevenson, Ala.; and a nephew, Richard W. 
Taylor, Jr., and a niece, Mrs. Robert E. Stiros, both of Phoenix.

   Funeral services for Mrs. Parker were held at the home on Monday afternoon 
at 3 o’clock, with Rev. Elmer N. Hassell, pastor of High Street Methodist 
Church, and Rev. Roscoe Jones, D.D., of Stony Creek, a former pastor, 
officiating.

   Interment was in Poplar Spring Cemetery.  Active pallbearers were Robert E. 
Coggsdale, Charles E. Morgan, Walter H. Norfleet, Jr., Robert F. Phillips, 
G.E. Pillow, W. Eldridge Smith and Dr. W.E. Snipes, Jr., all of Franklin, and 
S.F. Winiker of Danville.  The services were largely attended by friends from 
throughout the state.


Anna Frost (TAYLOR; Mrs. George H. Sr.) PARKER, civic leader, 
b. Rock Island, IL, d. 8 Mar 1952, at home, Franklin, age 54, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 7/8*), Franklin, 
   10 Mar 1952, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Mar. 14, 1952, p. 5 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Additional information: 

GEORGE HINSON PARKER, 34, W, BENN’S CHURCH, VA., FRANKLIN, VA., 
   S/O GEORGE HENDERSON AND ANNIE GREENHOW PARKER, DRUGGIST 
M. 09-16-1922 IVOR, SO.CO.,VA. BY REV. HUGH J. PAYLOR 
ANNA FROST TAYLOR, 25, S, ROCK ISLAND, ILL., IVOR, SO.CO., VA., 
   D/O FRANK DEVILLO AND ANNA DOLITA WILCOX TAYLOR 
(Southampton Co. MB19:41; transcribed & annotated by Bruce Saunders) 

154. m. 09/16/1922, So.ampton, by Hugh J. Paylor 
George Hinson Parker, 34, widowed, b. Benns Church, Va., res. Franklin, Va., 
   sn/o G.H. & Annie Greenhow Parker, Druggist 
Anna Frost Taylor, 25, single, b. Rock Island, Ill., res. Ivor, Va., 
   dt/o Frank D. & Anna Wilcox Taylor 
(Southampton Co. M.Reg. {BVS copy}; file at: 
 http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/vitals/mb19pt.txt) 

Her husband's obit ("Richmond Times-Dispatch," Nov. 18, 1967, p. 16) 
   is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626g3ob.txt 


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