Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Friday, March 24, 2000

IRA MASON PARKER

Ira Mason Parker, 94, of Bay Springs, died Wednesday, March 22, 2000, at his residence.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today, at Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs, with burial in Hickory Grove Cemetery in Laurel.

He was a member of First Baptist Church of Bay Springs.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Esther Ainsworth Parker.

He is survived by one daughter, Mona Sanders of Columbus; three brothers, Alvist [sic Alvis] Parker and Forrest Parker, both of Bay Springs, and Norris Parker of Jackson; two sisters, Lucille King of Pascagoula and Virginia Stringer of Laurel; and two grandchildren, Parker Sanders and Robert Sanders.

Colonial Chapel Funeral Home in Bay Springs is in charge of arrangements.