Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Alvis Edward Parker
Alvis Edward Parker, 103, of Bay Springs, died Monday, Nov. 21, 2005, at Jasper General Nursing Home in Bay Springs.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Fair Ridge Baptist Church Cemetery in Stringer.
A carpenter and farmer, he was a member of Fair Ridge Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Earline McBay Parker; a son, James Howard Parker; and parents, Henry and Viola McCarty Parker.
He is survived by three [sic four] sons, Charles Parker of Biloxi and Clifton Parker, Mack Parker and Spurgeon Parker, all of Stringer; a daughter, Christine Elrod of Sunset, Texas; two brothers, Forest [sic Forrest] Parker of Bay Springs and Noris [sic Norris] Parker of Jackson; a sister, Lucille King of Pascagoula; 12 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.
Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs is in charge of arrangements.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005