The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Monday, January 1, 1996                TAG: 9601010029
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: LEWISTON WOODVILLE                 LENGTH: Short :   29 lines

LACELLE J. PARKER

Lacelle Jernigan Parker, 68, of the 200 block of Cashie St., died Dec. 30, 1995, in Winston Park Nursing Home, Windsor, N.C.

She was born in Bertie County and was retired from the U.S. Postal Service as postmistress of Lewiston Woodville. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Lewiston Woodville.

Survivors include two daughters, Connie P. Gunnells of Harrellsville and Linda P. Sermons of Plymouth; three sisters, Ramona Bazemore of Port Charlotte, Fla., Evelyn Parker of Lewiston Woodville and Doyle Long of Raleigh, N.C.; a brother, Joseph Hubert Jernigan Jr. of Graceville, Fla.; and three grandchildren.

A funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. today in First Baptist Church of Lewiston Woodville by the Rev. Blake Hayes. Burial will be in Hoggard Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the home of Cecil and Evelyn Parker in Lewiston. Garrett Funeral Home, Ahoskie, is in charge. Memorial donations may be made to Roanoke Chowan Hospice, P.O. Box 272, Ahoskie, N.C. 27910.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB