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From: "Jean Gilley" <>
Subject: [TXCASS-L] Fw: William C. Parker (1827-1892)
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2000 18:29:28 -0500



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From: Susan Knight Gore <>
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Date: Thursday, April 27, 2000 5:59 PM
Subject: William C. Parker (1827-1892)


>Obituary:
>
>William C. Parker was born in Humphreys county, Tenn., April 15, 1827,
>and died near Pleasant Valley, Dallas county, Texas, November 20, 1892.
>He joined the Cumberland Presbyterian church in 1851, and moved to Texas
>in November 1857, and has been one of the pioneers of the church in
>Texas, and a consistent ruling elder and superintendent of the
>Sabbath-school of Pleasant Valley congregation. He was loved by all. His
>last words were, "I have fought a good fight, I have kept the faith, and
>am going to my home in heaven."
>W. A. I. McCallum,
>Clerk of Session
>
>Source: "The Cumberland Presbyterian," January 26, 1893, page 15.
>

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