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DATE: MONDAY, August 16, 1993                   TAG: 9308160178
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: BEDFORD                                 LENGTH: Short

OBIT PARKER, WILLIAM AUBREY

PARKER, William Aubrey, 94, of Route 6, Bedford, died Saturday, August 14, 1993 in Bedford County Memorial Hospital. He was born in Bedford County on February 25, 1899, a son of the late John Curtis Parker and Lucy Ann Overstreet Parker. He was a member of Cool Springs Presbyterian Church. He owned the W. A. Parker Canning Company and was also owner and operator of the Parker-Orange Store for over 45 years. He was preceded in death by his wife, Lala Carter Parker and one son, Paul Parker. He is survived by three sons and daughters-in-law, James D. Parker, Harrell A. and Nellie Parker, all of Bedford, Dan G and Sarah Parker, Thaxton; five daughters and sons-in-law, Miss Louise Katherine Parker, Ida P. Orange, both of Bedford, Carrie Gaynelle Overstreet, Thaxton, Pearl P. and Leslie Orange, Bridgeton, N.J., Marie P. and Marvin Lewis, Panama City, Fla.; seventeen grandchildren; and nineteen great-grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted 12 noon on Tuesday, August 17, 1993 at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Earl Ragland and Rev. Jesse Bratton officiating. Burial will follow in the Parker Family Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday at the Carder-Tharp Funeral Home. 


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