Southampton County Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Parker, Thomas L., 1954 

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THOMAS L. PARKER

   Funeral services for Thomas L. Parker, 80*, a former policeman of Boykins 
and a retired farmer, were conducted last Sunday at 2 p.m. at the Purviance 
Funeral Home in Boykins, with burial in Beechwood Cemetery.  The Rev. H.F. 
Ferguson of the Methodist Church there officiated.

   Mr. Parker was found dead in the yard of his home at Branchville last 
Friday night around 8 o’clock.  A .38 caliber revolver was nearby.  He had 
been in ill health for some time.

   He leaves a daughter, Miss Grace Parker of Branchville; a brother, Reddick 
Parker of Petersburg, and two sisters, Mrs. Sarah Parker Cook of Richmond and 
Blandie Cornelia Parker Ricks of Southampton County.  [...**].


Thomas L. PARKER, former Boykins policeman & retired farmer, 
suicide 12 Sep 1954, at home, Branchville, age 79*, 
interred in Beechwood Cemetery (Annex 1, Section I, Plot 3*), Boykins, 
"The Tidewater News" (Franklin, VA), Sep. 16, 1954 

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

**"The Tidewater News" was stored in the attic of the TN building for years 
before the LVA copied them.  There is a line running through the print at 
the top and middle of many of the papers and it effected many of the obits. 
I've put elipses for the part that's missing. If it's obvious what's said, 
I've tried to fill it in. (bs) 

His wife's obit ("Virginian-Pilot," July 25, 1950) is posted at: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626m7ob.txt 


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

file at: 
http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/southampton/obits/p626t2ob.txt