JOHN CRUMP PARKER
SMITHFIELD TIMES - 03-05-1986
JOHN C. PARKER GENERAL COUNSEL AT UNION CAMP
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, 90, of Meadow Lane, the former general counsel for Union Camp Corp. in Franklin, died Tuesday in a hospital. Mr. Parker became general counsel for Union Camp in 1948 and retired in 1960. But 25 years later he still maintained an office and served as a legal consultant for the mil operation. The year he retired, he was one of two American lawyers asked to represent Francis Gary Powers, a downed American U-2 pilot imprisoned in the Soviet Union.
Mr. Parker graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1914 and joined the Army. As a member of the Army Air Corps, he was nearly killed when he crash-landed in a French wheat field during World War I.
He dropped out of law school at the University of Virginia after his father's death in 1919, but passed the Virginia Bar Examination anyway and started a law practice in Franklin the same year.
In 1956, he was selected president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention. He had served as president of the University of Virginia Law School Association and the Virginia State and Southampton County bar associations.
He was a member of the executive committee of the State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society.
Mr. Parker acted as chairman of the Franklin School Board and was a member of the City Council. He was named the city's "First Citizen" in 1972.
One of Mr. Parker's loves was history. As a result, he founded the Southampton County Historical and was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and its executive committee. He served as director of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc., as well as the restoration of historic St. Luke's Church in Smithfield.
He served on the board of visitors at VMI and on the boards of trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary and St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock. He was a former president of the Parents' Board of Sweetbriar College.
A trustee of the Franklin Community Fund Inc., he acted as director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children.
Mr. Parker was known as "Mr. Tennis" during his earlier years in his native Franklin. A stone bench at the Cypress Cove Country Club tennis courts bears the inscription, "Dedicated to John C. Parker."
He was a charter member and past president of the Franklin Rotary Club, and a charter member of American Legion, Southampton Post 73, where he was a former post commander. He had served as director and secretary of the Camp Foundation. He was a vestryman and senior warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Saunders Dabney Parker; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and three granddaughters.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Revs. Ben R. Duffey and Fleming Rutledge. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Endowment Fund of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Wright Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
JOHN CRUMP PARKER
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - 02 27 1986, B-2
LAWYER, HISTORIAN JOHN C. PARKER OF FRANKLIN DIES
TIMES DISPATCH STATE STAFF
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, a former president of the Virginia State Bar, Union Camp Corp. lawyer and historian, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 90.
A native of Franklin, Mr. Parker was graduated from Virginia Military Institute and attended lw school at the University of Virginia before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps and serving in France during World War I.
Commissioned at first lieutenant, Mr. Parker took up the practice of general law in Franklin after his return. In 1948, he began an eight-year tenure as general counsel for Camp Manufacturing Co., which later became Union Camp Corp.
From 1956 until his retirement in 1960, Mr. Parker was division counsel for the paper manufacturer. He served as a legal consultant to Union Camp until his death.
Mr. Parker was a distinguished student at VMI; he served as president of the school's board of visitors in 1957-58. At the University of Virginia, he was a member of the Raven Society, the Jefferson Literary Society and was on the editorial staff of the law review.
During his legal career, he was instrumental in the formation of the state bar and was a former president of Southampton County Bar Association. He was also president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1956.
In the early 1960's, also, Mr. Parker served as counsel to lawyers representing Francis Gary Powers, a Wise County native and U2 spy plane pilot shot down in Russia.
Mr. Parker maintained a devoted interest to affairs in Franklin and Southampton throughout his life, serving as a member of Town Council and chairman of the town School Board. He was a charter member of Southampton Post 73 of the American Legion and was a post commander.
During World War II, he was assistant coordinator for civil defense and chairman of the Southampton County Selective Service Board.
Mr. Parker was charter member of the Franklin Rotary Club and was founder of the Southampton Historical Society. He was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and a former member of its executive committee. In addition, he was a director o the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc.
Mr. Parker served on the board of trustees of Union Theological Seminary, was on the local board of St. Margaret's School, and was a former president of the parents board at Sweetbriar College.
He was a director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children and a director of Southampton Academy.
He was a member of numerous social clubs and of the Sons of the Cincinnati and in 1971 was named "First Citizen of Franklin."
Mr. Parker was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, where he was on the vestry and served as senior warden.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Saunders Dabney Parker of Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and, three granddaughters.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the endowment fund of Emanuel Episcopal Church.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
SMITHFIELD TIMES - 03-05-1986
JOHN C. PARKER GENERAL COUNSEL AT UNION CAMP
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, 90, of Meadow Lane, the former general counsel for Union Camp Corp. in Franklin, died Tuesday in a hospital. Mr. Parker became general counsel for Union Camp in 1948 and retired in 1960. But 25 years later he still maintained an office and served as a legal consultant for the mil operation. The year he retired, he was one of two American lawyers asked to represent Francis Gary Powers, a downed American U-2 pilot imprisoned in the Soviet Union.
Mr. Parker graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1914 and joined the Army. As a member of the Army Air Corps, he was nearly killed when he crash-landed in a French wheat field during World War I.
He dropped out of law school at the University of Virginia after his father's death in 1919, but passed the Virginia Bar Examination anyway and started a law practice in Franklin the same year.
In 1956, he was selected president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention. He had served as president of the University of Virginia Law School Association and the Virginia State and Southampton County bar associations.
He was a member of the executive committee of the State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society.
Mr. Parker acted as chairman of the Franklin School Board and was a member of the City Council. He was named the city's "First Citizen" in 1972.
One of Mr. Parker's loves was history. As a result, he founded the Southampton County Historical and was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and its executive committee. He served as director of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc., as well as the restoration of historic St. Luke's Church in Smithfield.
He served on the board of visitors at VMI and on the boards of trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary and St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock. He was a former president of the Parents' Board of Sweetbriar College.
A trustee of the Franklin Community Fund Inc., he acted as director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children.
Mr. Parker was known as "Mr. Tennis" during his earlier years in his native Franklin. A stone bench at the Cypress Cove Country Club tennis courts bears the inscription, "Dedicated to John C. Parker."
He was a charter member and past president of the Franklin Rotary Club, and a charter member of American Legion, Southampton Post 73, where he was a former post commander. He had served as director and secretary of the Camp Foundation. He was a vestryman and senior warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Saunders Dabney Parker; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and three granddaughters.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Revs. Ben R. Duffey and Fleming Rutledge. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Endowment Fund of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Wright Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
JOHN CRUMP PARKER
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - 02 27 1986, B-2
LAWYER, HISTORIAN JOHN C. PARKER OF FRANKLIN DIES
TIMES DISPATCH STATE STAFF
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, a former president of the Virginia State Bar, Union Camp Corp. lawyer and historian, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 90.
A native of Franklin, Mr. Parker was graduated from Virginia Military Institute and attended lw school at the University of Virginia before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps and serving in France during World War I.
Commissioned at first lieutenant, Mr. Parker took up the practice of general law in Franklin after his return. In 1948, he began an eight-year tenure as general counsel for Camp Manufacturing Co., which later became Union Camp Corp.
From 1956 until his retirement in 1960, Mr. Parker was division counsel for the paper manufacturer. He served as a legal consultant to Union Camp until his death.
Mr. Parker was a distinguished student at VMI; he served as president of the school's board of visitors in 1957-58. At the University of Virginia, he was a member of the Raven Society, the Jefferson Literary Society and was on the editorial staff of the law review.
During his legal career, he was instrumental in the formation of the state bar and was a former president of Southampton County Bar Association. He was also president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1956.
In the early 1960's, also, Mr. Parker served as counsel to lawyers representing Francis Gary Powers, a Wise County native and U2 spy plane pilot shot down in Russia.
Mr. Parker maintained a devoted interest to affairs in Franklin and Southampton throughout his life, serving as a member of Town Council and chairman of the town School Board. He was a charter member of Southampton Post 73 of the American Legion and was a post commander.
During World War II, he was assistant coordinator for civil defense and chairman of the Southampton County Selective Service Board.
Mr. Parker was charter member of the Franklin Rotary Club and was founder of the Southampton Historical Society. He was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and a former member of its executive committee. In addition, he was a director o the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc.
Mr. Parker served on the board of trustees of Union Theological Seminary, was on the local board of St. Margaret's School, and was a former president of the parents board at Sweetbriar College.
He was a director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children and a director of Southampton Academy.
He was a member of numerous social clubs and of the Sons of the Cincinnati and in 1971 was named "First Citizen of Franklin."
Mr. Parker was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, where he was on the vestry and served as senior warden.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Saunders Dabney Parker of Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and, three granddaughters.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the endowment fund of Emanuel Episcopal Church.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
JOHN CRUMP PARKER
SMITHFIELD TIMES - 03-05-1986
JOHN C. PARKER GENERAL COUNSEL AT UNION CAMP
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, 90, of Meadow Lane, the former general counsel for Union Camp Corp. in Franklin, died Tuesday in a hospital. Mr. Parker became general counsel for Union Camp in 1948 and retired in 1960. But 25 years later he still maintained an office and served as a legal consultant for the mil operation. The year he retired, he was one of two American lawyers asked to represent Francis Gary Powers, a downed American U-2 pilot imprisoned in the Soviet Union.
Mr. Parker graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1914 and joined the Army. As a member of the Army Air Corps, he was nearly killed when he crash-landed in a French wheat field during World War I.
He dropped out of law school at the University of Virginia after his father's death in 1919, but passed the Virginia Bar Examination anyway and started a law practice in Franklin the same year.
In 1956, he was selected president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention. He had served as president of the University of Virginia Law School Association and the Virginia State and Southampton County bar associations.
He was a member of the executive committee of the State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society.
Mr. Parker acted as chairman of the Franklin School Board and was a member of the City Council. He was named the city's "First Citizen" in 1972.
One of Mr. Parker's loves was history. As a result, he founded the Southampton County Historical and was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and its executive committee. He served as director of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc., as well as the restoration of historic St. Luke's Church in Smithfield.
He served on the board of visitors at VMI and on the boards of trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary and St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock. He was a former president of the Parents' Board of Sweetbriar College.
A trustee of the Franklin Community Fund Inc., he acted as director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children.
Mr. Parker was known as "Mr. Tennis" during his earlier years in his native Franklin. A stone bench at the Cypress Cove Country Club tennis courts bears the inscription, "Dedicated to John C. Parker."
He was a charter member and past president of the Franklin Rotary Club, and a charter member of American Legion, Southampton Post 73, where he was a former post commander. He had served as director and secretary of the Camp Foundation. He was a vestryman and senior warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Saunders Dabney Parker; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and three granddaughters.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Revs. Ben R. Duffey and Fleming Rutledge. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Endowment Fund of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Wright Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
JOHN CRUMP PARKER
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - 02 27 1986, B-2
LAWYER, HISTORIAN JOHN C. PARKER OF FRANKLIN DIES
TIMES DISPATCH STATE STAFF
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, a former president of the Virginia State Bar, Union Camp Corp. lawyer and historian, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 90.
A native of Franklin, Mr. Parker was graduated from Virginia Military Institute and attended lw school at the University of Virginia before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps and serving in France during World War I.
Commissioned at first lieutenant, Mr. Parker took up the practice of general law in Franklin after his return. In 1948, he began an eight-year tenure as general counsel for Camp Manufacturing Co., which later became Union Camp Corp.
From 1956 until his retirement in 1960, Mr. Parker was division counsel for the paper manufacturer. He served as a legal consultant to Union Camp until his death.
Mr. Parker was a distinguished student at VMI; he served as president of the school's board of visitors in 1957-58. At the University of Virginia, he was a member of the Raven Society, the Jefferson Literary Society and was on the editorial staff of the law review.
During his legal career, he was instrumental in the formation of the state bar and was a former president of Southampton County Bar Association. He was also president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1956.
In the early 1960's, also, Mr. Parker served as counsel to lawyers representing Francis Gary Powers, a Wise County native and U2 spy plane pilot shot down in Russia.
Mr. Parker maintained a devoted interest to affairs in Franklin and Southampton throughout his life, serving as a member of Town Council and chairman of the town School Board. He was a charter member of Southampton Post 73 of the American Legion and was a post commander.
During World War II, he was assistant coordinator for civil defense and chairman of the Southampton County Selective Service Board.
Mr. Parker was charter member of the Franklin Rotary Club and was founder of the Southampton Historical Society. He was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and a former member of its executive committee. In addition, he was a director o the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc.
Mr. Parker served on the board of trustees of Union Theological Seminary, was on the local board of St. Margaret's School, and was a former president of the parents board at Sweetbriar College.
He was a director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children and a director of Southampton Academy.
He was a member of numerous social clubs and of the Sons of the Cincinnati and in 1971 was named "First Citizen of Franklin."
Mr. Parker was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, where he was on the vestry and served as senior warden.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Saunders Dabney Parker of Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and, three granddaughters.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the endowment fund of Emanuel Episcopal Church.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
SMITHFIELD TIMES - 03-05-1986
JOHN C. PARKER GENERAL COUNSEL AT UNION CAMP
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, 90, of Meadow Lane, the former general counsel for Union Camp Corp. in Franklin, died Tuesday in a hospital. Mr. Parker became general counsel for Union Camp in 1948 and retired in 1960. But 25 years later he still maintained an office and served as a legal consultant for the mil operation. The year he retired, he was one of two American lawyers asked to represent Francis Gary Powers, a downed American U-2 pilot imprisoned in the Soviet Union.
Mr. Parker graduated from Virginia Military Institute in 1914 and joined the Army. As a member of the Army Air Corps, he was nearly killed when he crash-landed in a French wheat field during World War I.
He dropped out of law school at the University of Virginia after his father's death in 1919, but passed the Virginia Bar Examination anyway and started a law practice in Franklin the same year.
In 1956, he was selected president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention. He had served as president of the University of Virginia Law School Association and the Virginia State and Southampton County bar associations.
He was a member of the executive committee of the State Bar, the American Bar Association, the American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society.
Mr. Parker acted as chairman of the Franklin School Board and was a member of the City Council. He was named the city's "First Citizen" in 1972.
One of Mr. Parker's loves was history. As a result, he founded the Southampton County Historical and was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and its executive committee. He served as director of the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc., as well as the restoration of historic St. Luke's Church in Smithfield.
He served on the board of visitors at VMI and on the boards of trustees of the Virginia Theological Seminary and St. Margaret's School in Tappahannock. He was a former president of the Parents' Board of Sweetbriar College.
A trustee of the Franklin Community Fund Inc., he acted as director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children.
Mr. Parker was known as "Mr. Tennis" during his earlier years in his native Franklin. A stone bench at the Cypress Cove Country Club tennis courts bears the inscription, "Dedicated to John C. Parker."
He was a charter member and past president of the Franklin Rotary Club, and a charter member of American Legion, Southampton Post 73, where he was a former post commander. He had served as director and secretary of the Camp Foundation. He was a vestryman and senior warden of Emmanuel Episcopal Church.
Survivors include his wife, Alice Saunders Dabney Parker; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and three granddaughters.
The funeral will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday in Emmanuel Episcopal Church by the Revs. Ben R. Duffey and Fleming Rutledge. Burial will be in Poplar Spring Cemetery.
Memorial donations may be made to the Endowment Fund of Emmanuel Episcopal Church. Wright Funeral Home is handling arrangements.
JOHN CRUMP PARKER
RICHMOND TIMES DISPATCH - 02 27 1986, B-2
LAWYER, HISTORIAN JOHN C. PARKER OF FRANKLIN DIES
TIMES DISPATCH STATE STAFF
FRANKLIN - John Crump Parker, a former president of the Virginia State Bar, Union Camp Corp. lawyer and historian, died Tuesday after a long illness. He was 90.
A native of Franklin, Mr. Parker was graduated from Virginia Military Institute and attended lw school at the University of Virginia before joining the U.S. Army Air Corps and serving in France during World War I.
Commissioned at first lieutenant, Mr. Parker took up the practice of general law in Franklin after his return. In 1948, he began an eight-year tenure as general counsel for Camp Manufacturing Co., which later became Union Camp Corp.
From 1956 until his retirement in 1960, Mr. Parker was division counsel for the paper manufacturer. He served as a legal consultant to Union Camp until his death.
Mr. Parker was a distinguished student at VMI; he served as president of the school's board of visitors in 1957-58. At the University of Virginia, he was a member of the Raven Society, the Jefferson Literary Society and was on the editorial staff of the law review.
During his legal career, he was instrumental in the formation of the state bar and was a former president of Southampton County Bar Association. He was also president of the Virginia Constitutional Convention of 1956.
In the early 1960's, also, Mr. Parker served as counsel to lawyers representing Francis Gary Powers, a Wise County native and U2 spy plane pilot shot down in Russia.
Mr. Parker maintained a devoted interest to affairs in Franklin and Southampton throughout his life, serving as a member of Town Council and chairman of the town School Board. He was a charter member of Southampton Post 73 of the American Legion and was a post commander.
During World War II, he was assistant coordinator for civil defense and chairman of the Southampton County Selective Service Board.
Mr. Parker was charter member of the Franklin Rotary Club and was founder of the Southampton Historical Society. He was a member of the Virginia Historical Society and a former member of its executive committee. In addition, he was a director o the George C. Marshall Research Foundation and of the Stonewall Jackson Memorial Inc.
Mr. Parker served on the board of trustees of Union Theological Seminary, was on the local board of St. Margaret's School, and was a former president of the parents board at Sweetbriar College.
He was a director of the Virginia Society for Crippled Children and a director of Southampton Academy.
He was a member of numerous social clubs and of the Sons of the Cincinnati and in 1971 was named "First Citizen of Franklin."
Mr. Parker was a member of Emmanuel Episcopal Church, where he was on the vestry and served as senior warden.
Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Alice Saunders Dabney Parker of Franklin; two daughters, Mrs. R.E. Rutledge Jr. of Port Chester, N.Y., and Mrs. James C. McColl of Columbia, S.C.; and, three granddaughters.
A funeral will be held at 11 a.m. tomorrow at Emmanuel Episcopal Church with burial in Poplar Spring Cemetery. Contributions may be made to the endowment fund of Emanuel Episcopal Church.
Contributor: Southampton Co.,Va.Hist.Soc. (47284464)
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