Extracted from The Laurel Leader-Call (Laurel, MS)
Monday, January 6, 1969

JOSEPH E. PARKER

Joseph Eurmon Parker, 55, died Saturday night at a local hospital after a short illness. He was a retired employe of Masonite. He was a resident of 104 N. 14th Ave.

Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. from Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Bill Patton officiating. Burial will be in Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Clarke County.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Eula Evans Parker; one daughter, Mrs. Lillian Joyce Poole, Dallas, Tex., and three grandchildren.

Also, two brothers, J. T. Parker, Pachuta, and B. E. Parker, Chatham, Ala.; four sisters, Mrs. M. H. Bolivar, Moss; Mrs. George Bolivar, Moselle; Mrs. Lottie Upton, and Mrs. C. L. Hathorn, both of Laurel.

Thompson Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.