Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Mary V., 1984 

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MARY VIRGINIA PARKER

   Miss Mary Virginia Parker, died in a Franklin nursing home March 9, 1984 
after a prolonged illness.  She was 94.  Miss Parker was the oldest child of 
John Crafford Parker and Emily Virginia Norfleet Parker.  She was born in 
Franklin and was a lifelong resident of that city.  She was educated at 
Franklin Female Seminary and at Sweet Briar College, where she was in the 
second class graduated from that institution.  After college, she gave piano 
lessons in Franklin, Boykins and Carrsville.  She was an ardent horsewoman and 
travelled at times on horseback from her home in Franklin to her music classes 
in Carrsville.  She and her father, who was a prominent attorney in Franklin, 
were the founders during World War I of the first Red Cross Chapter in 
Southampton County.  She conducted work sessions for Red Cross Chapter in 
Southampton County.  She conducted work sessions for Red Cross volunteers in 
1917 and 1918 and at the war’s end was in training in Richmond for nursing 
duty in the Armed Services.  Miss Parker was secretary for banking and other 
business organizations in Richmond for several years.  Upon her retrun here 
from Richmond she established and operated an independent insurance agency in 
her own name until, when she completely retired, she sold the business to 
another Franklin agency.  She was a former member of the Franklin Book Club, 
United Daughters of Confederacy, Daughters of the American Revolution, 
American Legion Auxiliary, Southampton Historical Society and the Franklin 
Music Study Club.  She belonged to the Franklin Baptist Church throughout her 
life and had served on its Sunday school staff and its Women’s Missionary 
Society.  Miss Parker is survived by a brother, John C. Parker, a Franklin 
attorney; and by five nieces, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of N.Y., Mrs. James C. 
McCall of Columbia, S.C., and Mrs. John Moncure of Richmond, Mrs. Edward T. 
Lemmon of Suffolk and Mrs. Robert E. Hale of Henderson, N.C.; another brother, 
Alexander Wilson Parker, died in Richmond in 1972.  A graveside service will 
be held 11:30 a.m. Monday in the family plot in Poplar Spring Cemetery, 
Franklin, by the Dr. Michael Clingenpeel, Pastor of the Franklin Baptist 
Church, assisted by Miss Parker’s niece, the Rev. Fleming Rutledge, assistant 
to the Rector of Grace Episcopal  Church in New York City.  The family request 
no flowers and suggest memorial donations to a charity.  Wright Funeral Home 
has charge of arrangements.


Mary Virginia PARKER, Franklin businesswoman, former music teacher, 
Franklin native, d. 9 Mar 1986, Franklin, age 94, 
interred in Poplar Spring Cemetery (Section 1, Plot 2*), Franklin, 
   12 Mar 1984, 
"The Richmond (VA) Times-Dispatch," Mar. 11, 1984, B-18 

*Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project, 
   Poplar Spring list: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/cemeteries/poplar1.txt 

Her father's obit ("Tidewater News," Jan. 10, 1919) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626j1ob.txt 

Her mother's obit ("Tidewater News," Aug. 2, 1946, p. 1), with their 
   marriage record appended, is posted at:  
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626e2ob.txt 


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