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DATE: Saturday, August 3, 1996              TAG: 9608030270
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: SUFFOLK                           LENGTH:   23 lines

TELZIE W. PARKER

Telzie Williams Parker, 89, of the 2500 block of Pruden Blvd., died Aug. 2, 1996, in Autumn Care of Suffolk.

Mrs. Parker, a homemaker, was a native of Nansemond County, Va. She was the widow of Joseph Burnie Parker and a member of Bethlehem Christian Church, Suffolk.

Survivors include three daughters, Shirley P. Rountree and Martha P. Richards, both of Suffolk, and Frances P. Brown of Mesa, Ariz.; a son, James E. Parker of Suffolk; 13 grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; and a nephew, Lewis Davenport of Suffolk. She was predeceased by her parents, Beulah Pruden Williams and George W. Williams.

A graveside service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Monday by the Rev. Carter Dey in Meadowbrook Memorial Gardens, Suffolk. The family will receive friends at Harrell Funeral Home, Suffolk, Sunday from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and other times at the home of the daughter, Martha P. Richards, 816 Mayflower Drive, Nansemond Gardens, Suffolk.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB