Oliver Weeks Parker

Oliver Weeks Parker

• Father: George Washington Parker b. 5 December 1849, d. 3 June 1922
• Mother: Frances Susan Blassingame b. circa 1858, d. October 1881

• Oliver Weeks Parker was born on 6 February 1879 in Georgia.
• George Washington Parker and Frances Susan Blassingame appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Houston County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Oliver Weeks Parker.
• He married Susan Pearl Boatwright, daughter of William Moses Boatwright and Permelia Rebecca Rawls, on 28 December 1904 in Laurens County, Georgia.
• Oliver Weeks Parker and Susan Pearl Boatwright appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Lovett, Laurens County, Georgia. Other members of the household included Permelia Rebecca Rawls. Also in the household were Pearl's brothers Clayton (age 19) and Willie (17) Boatwright, Oliver's sister Lula Parker (20) and nephew Grady Fort (8.)
• Oliver Weeks Parker registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Laurens County, Georgia, while living with his wife in Lovett, and self-employed there as a merchant.
• 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.
• He was proprietor of a general store, according to the 1920 census.
• Oliver Weeks Parker became a widower at the 12 March 1920 death of his wife Susan Pearl Boatwright.
• 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.
• He was proprietor of an automobile agency, according to the 1930 census.
• William Hubert Outlaw and Grace Parker appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Wrightsville, Johnson County, Georgia, at College Street. Other members of the household included Oliver Weeks Parker. In 1935, Oliver was in Perry, Houston County.
• He was employed as a bookkeeper by a fertilizer company.
• He married Evie Smith.
• Oliver Weeks Parker became a widower at the 3 November 1959 death of his wife Evie Smith.
• The following appeared on 4 November 1959 in The Augusta Chronicle: (Wrightsville) Funeral services for Mrs. O. W. Parker will be held at the Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Wrightsville Wedensday at 3 p.m. with the Rev. R. C. Smith officiating accisted by the Rev. E. D. Willard and Rev. Jack Hamilton.
       Burial will be in Boiling Springs Cemetery.
       Mrs. Parker died at home Tuesday after an illness of several weeks. She was a native of Johnson County. She is survived by her husband, O. W. Parker.
       Mrs. Parker was a member of the Brown Memorial Baptist Church and was active in church and civic organizations.
       The honorary escort at the funeral will include members of the W.M.U. and her Sunday School class at Brown Memorial Baptist Church.
       Also surviving are three step-daughters, Mrs. Hubert Outlaw of Wrightsville, Mrs. C. W. McDonald of Lakeland, Fla. and Mrs. T. W. Porter of Las Vegas, Nev; five sisters, Mrs. Frank Jordan of Wrightsville, Mrs. R. W. Young of Summertown, Mrs. Vivian Register of Dublin and Mrs. H. H. Coffee of Macon; five brothers, Milo Smith, Tollie Smith, Junior Smith of Dublin, Moody Smith of Atlanta and Horace Smith of Ocala, Fla; and several nieces and nephews.
• Oliver Weeks Parker died on 21 January 1962 at age 82 in Macon, Bibb County, Georgia.
• He was interred at Boiling Springs Cemetery, Treutlen County, Georgia.
• 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.

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2013