Southampton-Isle of Wight County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Jesse A., 1928 

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JESSE ATKINSON PARKER

   Jesse A. Parker of Wantagh, Long Island, died at his home last night of 
pneumonia in the 51st year of his life.  He was a former resident of our town, 
being employed here by Knight Drug Company from 1895 to 1898.  At the outbreak 
of the Spanish-American War, he went with Company "I" of this place to Cuba 
and served throughout the war.  For a number of years he was in the 
Quartermaster’s Department, U.S. Army, in Cuba and the Philippines, later 
going with the Cuba and the Philippines, later going with the Cuba Lumber and 
Coal Company and having his headquarters in Havana.  When the United States 
entered the World War he returned to the Government service in the same 
department and had been stationed at Long Island since that time.

   Mr. Parker was the son of the late George H. and Mrs. Annie Greenhow Parker 
of Isle of Wight County and is survived by two brothers, George H. Parker of 
Franklin and T.A. Parker of Birmingham, Ala., and two sisters, Mrs. Geo. R. 
Hayes of Franklin and Mrs. Jasper Cotton of Chuckatuck.  He married Miss Mary 
Day of Norfolk who survives him.

   The body will be brought to Franklin tomorrow (Saturday) morning 
accompanied by members of the family and interment will be made Saturday noon 
in Poplar Spring Cemetery with services at the graveside by Dr. Geo. H. 
Spooner of High Street M.E. Church.  The body bearers will be: R.A. Pretlow, 
W.O. Bristow, R.E.L. Watkins, Dr. E.A. deBordenave, Geo. B. Vick, General C.C. 
Vaughan, W.H. Lankford and Joe Bynum Gay.


Jesse Atkinson PARKER, with the U.S. Army Quartermaster's Dept., 
formerly of Franklin, Spanish-American War veteran, 
d. 23 Feb 1928, at home, Wantagh, Long Island, NY, age 51, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 2, Plot 7/8*), Franklin, 
   25 Feb 1928, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Feb. 24, 1928, p. 5 

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


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