Southampton-Nansemond County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Marietta Owens, 1948 

************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm
************************************************

MARIETTE OWENS PARKER

   Mrs. Claude* G. Parker, 80, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Harvey 
Parker, in Jackson, N.C., on Wednesday afternoon at six o’clock, after a long 
illness.

   She was the wife of the late Claude Godwin Parker, and the daughter of the 
late Reuben R. Owens of King George County and Frances Simons Owens of 
Westmoreland County.  Mrs. Parker was for nearly sixty years a resident of 
Franklin, but had made her home with the daughter since January of this year. 
She had been a member of the Franklin Baptist Church since 1890.

   Besides Mrs. Parker she is survived by four other daughter, Mrs. W.W. 
Cuthrell of Richmond, Mrs. L.H. Babb of Berlin, Miss Jeanette Parker of 
Enfield, N.C., and Mrs. A.H. Patterson of Oak Ridge, Tenn.; seven 
grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. She also leaves one brother, 
Rev. Oscar Lee Owens, D.D., of Oklahoma City, Okla.

   Funeral services will be held this (Friday) afternoon at three o’clock at 
the Franklin Baptist Church, with Rev. Randolph Gregory officiating, assisted 
by Rev. R.D. Stephenson.  Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

****************************************************************************** 

MARIETTA OWENS PARKER

   Funeral services for Mrs. Marietta Owens Parker, 80, were conducted last 
Friday afternoon at three o’clock at the Baptist Church.  Rev. Randolph 
Gregory, pastor of the church, officiated, assisted by Rev. R.D. Stephenson. 
Burial was in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery.

   Mrs. Parker died Wednesday afternoon, May 12, at the home of her daughter, 
Mrs. B. Harvey Parker, of Jackson, N.C.  She was the wife of the late Claude 
G. Parker of Franklin, and daughter of the late Rev. Reuben Owens and Mrs. 
Frances Simon Owens of Nansemond County.  A graduate of the Chowan Baptist 
Female Institute, Murfreesboro, in 1887, she had been a member of the Franklin 
Baptist Church since 1890.

   Survivors include five daughters, Mrs. B. Harvey Parker of Jackson, N.C., 
Mrs. W.W. Cuthrell of Richmond, Mrs. L.H. Babb of Ivor, Mrs. A.H. Patterson of 
Oak Ridge, Tenn., and Miss Jeannette Parker of Enfield, N.C.; one brother Rev. 
Oscar Lee Owens, D.D., of Oklahoma City, Okla.; and seven grandchildren and 
three great-grandchildren.

   Pallbearers at the funeral of Mrs. Parker were George O. Watkins, Edgar V. 
Stephenson, Robert O. Hayes, Vance W. Vaughan, Cecil C. Vaughan, 3rd, P. Owens 
Parker, Clarence Cobb and T.V. Downing.


Marietta (OWENS; Mrs. "Claude" G.) PARKER, formerly of Franklin, 
d. 12 May 1948, at daughter's home, Jackson, NC, age 80, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 94*), Franklin, 
   14 May 1948, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 14, 1948, p. 1; 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), May 21, 1948, p. 4 

*Cemetery list gives her husband's actual name as Claudius Godwin. 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her brother John Bunyan OWENS is buried in Poplar Springs, Section 2, Plot 26B:
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar2.txt 

Her John's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 3, 1913) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/o520j1ob.txt 


Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by 
Mrs. Bruce Saunders (bs4403@verizon.net), 
and re-formatted by File Manager Matt Harris. 

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626m4ob.txt