Mabel Parker

b. 13 September 1910, d. 25 January 1983
  • Mabel Parker was born on 13 September 1910 in Lovett, Laurens County, Georgia.
  • Oliver Weeks Parker and Susan Pearl Boatwright appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Lovett, Laurens County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Mabel Parker, Evelyn Parker and Grace Parker. Also in the household was boarder J. J. Boatwright, likely Pearl's brother.
  • Oliver Weeks Parker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Sandersville, Washington County, Georgia, at West Church Street. Other members of the household included Mabel Parker, Evelyn Parker and Grace Parker.
  • She was employed as a stenographer in a lumber office, according to the 1930 census.
  • She married Thomas William Porter Jr. on 30 December 1937 in Macon County, North Carolina, with minister J. E. Abernathay officiating, at the Methodist Church, witnessed by Roan Bradley, Mrs. Emma Huskins and Mrs. G. A. Jones. At the time of their marriage, both bride and groom were residents of Franklin, North Carolina.
  • Thomas William Porter Jr. and Mabel Parker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, at 1019 McMahon Avenue. IN 1935, Thomas and Mabel were living in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina.
  • The following appeared on 22 January 1962 in The Augusta Chronicle: (Wrightsville) O. W. Parker, 82, died Sunday at a Macon infirmary after three weeks' illness.
         Mr. Parker was a retired businessman.
         Survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Hubert Outlaw of Wrightsville, Mrs. Chester McDonald of Lakeland, Fla., and Mrs. Tom Porter Jr. of San Antonio, Tex; four sisters, Mrs. B. A. Moye and Mrs. L. M. Barren of Dublin, Mrs. W. A. Scarborough of Sandersville, and Mrs. Jim Knight of Coolidge, Ga; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
         Funeral services will be held Monday at 4 p.m. at Brown Memorial Baptist Church here. Burial will be a Boiling Springs Cemetery. Rev. R. C. Smith will officiate.
  • Mabel Parker died on 25 January 1983 at age 72 in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina.
  • She was interred at Woodlawn Memorial Park, Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina.
  • Last Edited: 11 Feb 2013

Family: Thomas William Porter Jr. b. 24 July 1907, d. 9 January 2005