THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Tuesday, January 17, 1995 TAG: 9501170255
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B7 EDITION: FINAL
DATELINE: RODUCO LENGTH: Short : 35 lines
Roxie Parker Parker, 84, died Monday, Jan. 16, 1995, in Roanoke-Chowan Hospital, Ahoskie.
A native of Gates County, she was the daughter of the late Henry F. and Mrs. Lula Ann Umphlett Parker. The retired Postmistress of the Roduco Post Office, she was a lifelong member of Cool Spring Baptist Church, its Women's Missionary Union and the Choir. She was a member of the Gatesville Senior Citizens. She was preceded in death by her husband, Vivian Milteer Parker.
Surviving are one daughter, Carolyn Gough of Winton; one son, Edmond M. Parker of Ahoskie; three sisters, Mary Luke and Velma Askew, both of Suffolk, Va., and Julia Whaley of Elizabeth City; one brother, William T. ``Billy'' Parker of Eure; two grandchildren, Beverly Baker of Lithonia, Ga., and Mark Parker of Tappahannock, Va.; three great-grandchildren, Caroline Elizabeth Baker, Mary Margaret Baker and Larkin Taylor Parker.
Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday in Cool Spring Baptist Church by the Rev. Horace Culpepper and the Rev. Tommy Hayes. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Friends may join the family today from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in Miller Funeral Home, Gatesville, and other times at the residence.
Memorial contributions may be made to Cool Spring Baptist Church, Route 1, Box 38, Eure, N.C. 27935 or the Gates County Rescue Squad, Route 1, Box 122, Gatesville, N.C. 27938.
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