The Virginian-Pilot
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DATE: Sunday, March 26, 1995                 TAG: 9503280455
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B7   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: GARLAND, TEXAS                     LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

RUTH C. PARKER

Ruth Carter Parker, 97, of Suffolk, died March 17, 1995, in Garland, Texas.

Mrs. Parker was a native of Nansemond County and had been an elementary school teacher in the Nansemond County school system. She was a graduate of Longwood College and a member of Great Fork Baptist Church.

Survivors include her daughter, Gwendolyn P. Harkins of 3722 Crestview Dr., Garland, Texas, 75042; her son, Claud Lee Parker Jr. of 10 South Gougar Road, Joliet, Ill., 60432; four grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Graveside memorial services will be conducted Wednesday at 11 a.m. in Holly Lawn Cemetery by the Rev. Richard Bruce and the Rev. Oscar Fowler.

R.W. Baker & Co. Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB