Vera Lee Parker, 98, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.
Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Highway 49, Jefferson. Interment: Cedar Grove Cemetery in Jefferson.
Vera was born Aug. 9, 1909, to the late Charlie and Pearl Harris in Lassater. She graduated from Central High School in 1927. When Professor Pitts had to be absent, she was called upon to teach geometry classes. She was also a scholar in in geography. She was an artist and a writer and had submitted manuscripts, but unfortunately they were never published. She was an excellent seamstress and had a gifted ability to make her own patterns. I vividly remember my oldest sister showing her a design in a fashion magazine and our mother was able to create the pattern for the garment. Vera celebrated all holidays with special emphasis on Christmas, Easter and June 19th (the date that slaves in that part of the country learned they had been freed). For Christmas, she prepared a feast with at least 10 desserts. For Easter, we always had new clothes and shoes. Vera enjoyed and loved church very much. She was a missionary and witnessed to thousands of people over the years. She also had nicknames of "Doll," "Babe" and "Cricket."
Vera was preceded in death by her loving husband of 41 years, Wilburn Parker.
Survivors: Daughters, Rose Nell Anthony, Gloria Dean Johnson, Joyce Faye Parker, Helen Marie Hill, Myra Sue Parker and Phyllis June Parker; sons, Lonnie Melvin Parker and Leon Elliot Parker; 32 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/8/2008
Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Highway 49, Jefferson. Interment: Cedar Grove Cemetery in Jefferson.
Vera was born Aug. 9, 1909, to the late Charlie and Pearl Harris in Lassater. She graduated from Central High School in 1927. When Professor Pitts had to be absent, she was called upon to teach geometry classes. She was also a scholar in in geography. She was an artist and a writer and had submitted manuscripts, but unfortunately they were never published. She was an excellent seamstress and had a gifted ability to make her own patterns. I vividly remember my oldest sister showing her a design in a fashion magazine and our mother was able to create the pattern for the garment. Vera celebrated all holidays with special emphasis on Christmas, Easter and June 19th (the date that slaves in that part of the country learned they had been freed). For Christmas, she prepared a feast with at least 10 desserts. For Easter, we always had new clothes and shoes. Vera enjoyed and loved church very much. She was a missionary and witnessed to thousands of people over the years. She also had nicknames of "Doll," "Babe" and "Cricket."
Vera was preceded in death by her loving husband of 41 years, Wilburn Parker.
Survivors: Daughters, Rose Nell Anthony, Gloria Dean Johnson, Joyce Faye Parker, Helen Marie Hill, Myra Sue Parker and Phyllis June Parker; sons, Lonnie Melvin Parker and Leon Elliot Parker; 32 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/8/2008
Vera Lee Parker, 98, our beloved mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away Thursday, Jan. 3, 2008.
Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Highway 49, Jefferson. Interment: Cedar Grove Cemetery in Jefferson.
Vera was born Aug. 9, 1909, to the late Charlie and Pearl Harris in Lassater. She graduated from Central High School in 1927. When Professor Pitts had to be absent, she was called upon to teach geometry classes. She was also a scholar in in geography. She was an artist and a writer and had submitted manuscripts, but unfortunately they were never published. She was an excellent seamstress and had a gifted ability to make her own patterns. I vividly remember my oldest sister showing her a design in a fashion magazine and our mother was able to create the pattern for the garment. Vera celebrated all holidays with special emphasis on Christmas, Easter and June 19th (the date that slaves in that part of the country learned they had been freed). For Christmas, she prepared a feast with at least 10 desserts. For Easter, we always had new clothes and shoes. Vera enjoyed and loved church very much. She was a missionary and witnessed to thousands of people over the years. She also had nicknames of "Doll," "Babe" and "Cricket."
Vera was preceded in death by her loving husband of 41 years, Wilburn Parker.
Survivors: Daughters, Rose Nell Anthony, Gloria Dean Johnson, Joyce Faye Parker, Helen Marie Hill, Myra Sue Parker and Phyllis June Parker; sons, Lonnie Melvin Parker and Leon Elliot Parker; 32 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/8/2008
Celebration of life: 11 a.m. Wednesday at St. Paul's Methodist Church, Highway 49, Jefferson. Interment: Cedar Grove Cemetery in Jefferson.
Vera was born Aug. 9, 1909, to the late Charlie and Pearl Harris in Lassater. She graduated from Central High School in 1927. When Professor Pitts had to be absent, she was called upon to teach geometry classes. She was also a scholar in in geography. She was an artist and a writer and had submitted manuscripts, but unfortunately they were never published. She was an excellent seamstress and had a gifted ability to make her own patterns. I vividly remember my oldest sister showing her a design in a fashion magazine and our mother was able to create the pattern for the garment. Vera celebrated all holidays with special emphasis on Christmas, Easter and June 19th (the date that slaves in that part of the country learned they had been freed). For Christmas, she prepared a feast with at least 10 desserts. For Easter, we always had new clothes and shoes. Vera enjoyed and loved church very much. She was a missionary and witnessed to thousands of people over the years. She also had nicknames of "Doll," "Babe" and "Cricket."
Vera was preceded in death by her loving husband of 41 years, Wilburn Parker.
Survivors: Daughters, Rose Nell Anthony, Gloria Dean Johnson, Joyce Faye Parker, Helen Marie Hill, Myra Sue Parker and Phyllis June Parker; sons, Lonnie Melvin Parker and Leon Elliot Parker; 32 grandchildren; 34 great-grandchildren; and three great-great-grandchildren.
Published in the Star-Telegram on 1/8/2008
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