PACOLET, S.C. - Mr. Jeffery Gene Parker, 23, of 146 April Road, Pacolet, SC, died Saturday, November 27, 2004, from injuries received in a hunting accident.
Mr. Parker was born in Union, on January 9, 1981, a son of Steve Parker and Kathy Millwood Byrd of Pacolet. He was employed in construction and was a member of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd of Pacolet; his father and step-mother, Steve and Judy Parker of Pacolet; a daughter, Janis Parker of the home; a special friend, Nicole Locklear of the home; a sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Shane Sellars of Roebuck; his maternal grandparents, James and Shirley Millwood of Pacolet; his paternal grandparents, Dallas and Gail Parker of Pacolet; his paternal great-grandmother, Ma Messer of Pacolet; and brothers of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Pacolet, conducted by Rev. Joel Gardner, Rev. Jason Gardner, Rev. Harold Patton and Rev. Marquis Towns. Burial with Masonic Rites will be in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be; Mike Burkholder, Eddie Guyton, Mike Burgess, Kenneth Spencer, Wayne Spencer, Bain Parris and Jr. Barners.
The following are asked to assemble at the church Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. to form the honorary escort; O. J. Parris, B. J. Harrison, (Bubba) Heath Robertson and Michal Rothrock.
After 11:00 a.m. Monday the body will be at the home of his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd, 1596 Jerusalem Road, Pacolet, where it will remain until the hour of service.
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23 YEAR-OLD SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Jason Spencer staff writer (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: October 28, 2004
A small band of family and friends hunting deer in Union on Saturday lost one of their own in what's being investigated as a fatal accident.
Details in the death of 23-year-old Jeffrey Parker of Pacolet will be sorted out as the investigation wraps up, said Lt. Robert McCullough, a Columbia-based spokesman for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The particulars include determining whether the young man was wearing proper safety attire, or whether alcohol was involved.
Parker, his father and two others had pulled over to hunt in a wooded area off of West Springs Highway. They all knew one another.
Parker was shot at about 10 a.m. by one of his friends with a .30-06 caliber rifle, McCullough said. The shot is believed to have been made from "some distance" -- not at close range or point-blank.
"The whole incident right now appears to be an accident, but we're investigating, and have to talk to the coroner on that," McCullough said.
Union County Coroner William Holcombe and Sheriff Howard Wells could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Any charges to stem from the investigation would be made by the Natural Resources Department. The maximum charge for a hunting fatality is three years in prison, McCullough said.
"We'd like it to be more rare," he said. "That's why we encourage everyone to take our hunter safety courses. We'd like for it to be nonexistent. But at this point, we do have a few a year that are fatal."
Mr. Parker was born in Union, on January 9, 1981, a son of Steve Parker and Kathy Millwood Byrd of Pacolet. He was employed in construction and was a member of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd of Pacolet; his father and step-mother, Steve and Judy Parker of Pacolet; a daughter, Janis Parker of the home; a special friend, Nicole Locklear of the home; a sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Shane Sellars of Roebuck; his maternal grandparents, James and Shirley Millwood of Pacolet; his paternal grandparents, Dallas and Gail Parker of Pacolet; his paternal great-grandmother, Ma Messer of Pacolet; and brothers of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Pacolet, conducted by Rev. Joel Gardner, Rev. Jason Gardner, Rev. Harold Patton and Rev. Marquis Towns. Burial with Masonic Rites will be in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be; Mike Burkholder, Eddie Guyton, Mike Burgess, Kenneth Spencer, Wayne Spencer, Bain Parris and Jr. Barners.
The following are asked to assemble at the church Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. to form the honorary escort; O. J. Parris, B. J. Harrison, (Bubba) Heath Robertson and Michal Rothrock.
After 11:00 a.m. Monday the body will be at the home of his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd, 1596 Jerusalem Road, Pacolet, where it will remain until the hour of service.
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23 YEAR-OLD SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Jason Spencer staff writer (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: October 28, 2004
A small band of family and friends hunting deer in Union on Saturday lost one of their own in what's being investigated as a fatal accident.
Details in the death of 23-year-old Jeffrey Parker of Pacolet will be sorted out as the investigation wraps up, said Lt. Robert McCullough, a Columbia-based spokesman for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The particulars include determining whether the young man was wearing proper safety attire, or whether alcohol was involved.
Parker, his father and two others had pulled over to hunt in a wooded area off of West Springs Highway. They all knew one another.
Parker was shot at about 10 a.m. by one of his friends with a .30-06 caliber rifle, McCullough said. The shot is believed to have been made from "some distance" -- not at close range or point-blank.
"The whole incident right now appears to be an accident, but we're investigating, and have to talk to the coroner on that," McCullough said.
Union County Coroner William Holcombe and Sheriff Howard Wells could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Any charges to stem from the investigation would be made by the Natural Resources Department. The maximum charge for a hunting fatality is three years in prison, McCullough said.
"We'd like it to be more rare," he said. "That's why we encourage everyone to take our hunter safety courses. We'd like for it to be nonexistent. But at this point, we do have a few a year that are fatal."
PACOLET, S.C. - Mr. Jeffery Gene Parker, 23, of 146 April Road, Pacolet, SC, died Saturday, November 27, 2004, from injuries received in a hunting accident.
Mr. Parker was born in Union, on January 9, 1981, a son of Steve Parker and Kathy Millwood Byrd of Pacolet. He was employed in construction and was a member of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd of Pacolet; his father and step-mother, Steve and Judy Parker of Pacolet; a daughter, Janis Parker of the home; a special friend, Nicole Locklear of the home; a sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Shane Sellars of Roebuck; his maternal grandparents, James and Shirley Millwood of Pacolet; his paternal grandparents, Dallas and Gail Parker of Pacolet; his paternal great-grandmother, Ma Messer of Pacolet; and brothers of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Pacolet, conducted by Rev. Joel Gardner, Rev. Jason Gardner, Rev. Harold Patton and Rev. Marquis Towns. Burial with Masonic Rites will be in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be; Mike Burkholder, Eddie Guyton, Mike Burgess, Kenneth Spencer, Wayne Spencer, Bain Parris and Jr. Barners.
The following are asked to assemble at the church Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. to form the honorary escort; O. J. Parris, B. J. Harrison, (Bubba) Heath Robertson and Michal Rothrock.
After 11:00 a.m. Monday the body will be at the home of his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd, 1596 Jerusalem Road, Pacolet, where it will remain until the hour of service.
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23 YEAR-OLD SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Jason Spencer staff writer (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: October 28, 2004
A small band of family and friends hunting deer in Union on Saturday lost one of their own in what's being investigated as a fatal accident.
Details in the death of 23-year-old Jeffrey Parker of Pacolet will be sorted out as the investigation wraps up, said Lt. Robert McCullough, a Columbia-based spokesman for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The particulars include determining whether the young man was wearing proper safety attire, or whether alcohol was involved.
Parker, his father and two others had pulled over to hunt in a wooded area off of West Springs Highway. They all knew one another.
Parker was shot at about 10 a.m. by one of his friends with a .30-06 caliber rifle, McCullough said. The shot is believed to have been made from "some distance" -- not at close range or point-blank.
"The whole incident right now appears to be an accident, but we're investigating, and have to talk to the coroner on that," McCullough said.
Union County Coroner William Holcombe and Sheriff Howard Wells could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Any charges to stem from the investigation would be made by the Natural Resources Department. The maximum charge for a hunting fatality is three years in prison, McCullough said.
"We'd like it to be more rare," he said. "That's why we encourage everyone to take our hunter safety courses. We'd like for it to be nonexistent. But at this point, we do have a few a year that are fatal."
Mr. Parker was born in Union, on January 9, 1981, a son of Steve Parker and Kathy Millwood Byrd of Pacolet. He was employed in construction and was a member of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Surviving are his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd of Pacolet; his father and step-mother, Steve and Judy Parker of Pacolet; a daughter, Janis Parker of the home; a special friend, Nicole Locklear of the home; a sister and brother-in-law, Kim and Shane Sellars of Roebuck; his maternal grandparents, James and Shirley Millwood of Pacolet; his paternal grandparents, Dallas and Gail Parker of Pacolet; his paternal great-grandmother, Ma Messer of Pacolet; and brothers of Trough Shoals Masonic Lodge #228 of Pacolet.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Pacolet, conducted by Rev. Joel Gardner, Rev. Jason Gardner, Rev. Harold Patton and Rev. Marquis Towns. Burial with Masonic Rites will be in the church cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be; Mike Burkholder, Eddie Guyton, Mike Burgess, Kenneth Spencer, Wayne Spencer, Bain Parris and Jr. Barners.
The following are asked to assemble at the church Tuesday at 1:45 p.m. to form the honorary escort; O. J. Parris, B. J. Harrison, (Bubba) Heath Robertson and Michal Rothrock.
After 11:00 a.m. Monday the body will be at the home of his mother and step-father, Kathy and Dennis Byrd, 1596 Jerusalem Road, Pacolet, where it will remain until the hour of service.
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23 YEAR-OLD SHOT WHILE HUNTING
Jason Spencer staff writer (Spartanburg Herald-Journal)
Published: October 28, 2004
A small band of family and friends hunting deer in Union on Saturday lost one of their own in what's being investigated as a fatal accident.
Details in the death of 23-year-old Jeffrey Parker of Pacolet will be sorted out as the investigation wraps up, said Lt. Robert McCullough, a Columbia-based spokesman for the S.C. Department of Natural Resources. The particulars include determining whether the young man was wearing proper safety attire, or whether alcohol was involved.
Parker, his father and two others had pulled over to hunt in a wooded area off of West Springs Highway. They all knew one another.
Parker was shot at about 10 a.m. by one of his friends with a .30-06 caliber rifle, McCullough said. The shot is believed to have been made from "some distance" -- not at close range or point-blank.
"The whole incident right now appears to be an accident, but we're investigating, and have to talk to the coroner on that," McCullough said.
Union County Coroner William Holcombe and Sheriff Howard Wells could not be reached for comment Saturday.
Any charges to stem from the investigation would be made by the Natural Resources Department. The maximum charge for a hunting fatality is three years in prison, McCullough said.
"We'd like it to be more rare," he said. "That's why we encourage everyone to take our hunter safety courses. We'd like for it to be nonexistent. But at this point, we do have a few a year that are fatal."
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