Obituary is from the Andrews Funeral Home and Cremation Service (www.andrewsfuneralservices.com) website, posted March 29, 2014:
Dorothy Clements Parker, left us to move on to a place of heavenly peace on March 28, 2014, 2 days after her 95th birthday. A resident of Ware Neck, Dorothy had an intense interest in the community and spent many hours working to keep the Ware Neck Road litter free as well as beautifying the triangle at Flat Iron. She was a member and strong supporter of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and retained her membership there throughout her many relocation's. After graduating from Botetourt High School and Keys Business College in Norfolk, Va. She began work at Richmond Cedar Works until 1941, then for the War Production Board in Washington, DC and also at the Census Bureau.
In 1949 she married Derwood Parker of the U.S. Army and she traveled with him to Europe for two years. Upon Derwoods retirement in 1963 they returned to Gloucester, the place she dearly loved. and Dorothy got a job at the Naval Weapons Station where she worked for 22 years.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents John Lloyd and Mary Sterling Clements; her husband Derwood Parker; her sisters Alice Robbins and Sadie Coates; her brothers L. Graham Clements, Thomas and James Clements She is survived by her sister Mary Ness of San Diego, CA; sister-in-law Bessie Emory; nieces Nina West, Charlotte Wilkes, Mary Kelsey, Rachel Brown and Nancy Wilson; nephews Mark, David, and Paul Clements and Gary Ness and their families.
The family would like to thank Dorothy's caregivers Rachel, Anne, Betty, Mary, Evelyna, Lisa, Stephanie, Joann and others who made it possible for her to remain in her home.
A Celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel by Rev. Donald Warrick. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to funeral services. Burial will be in Windsor Gardens Cemetery, Dutton, Va. Memorial donations may be made to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, c/o Rodgers Brown, 9030 John Clayton Memorial Highway, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Funeral arrangements are by Andrews Funeral Home, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Dorothy Clements Parker, left us to move on to a place of heavenly peace on March 28, 2014, 2 days after her 95th birthday. A resident of Ware Neck, Dorothy had an intense interest in the community and spent many hours working to keep the Ware Neck Road litter free as well as beautifying the triangle at Flat Iron. She was a member and strong supporter of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and retained her membership there throughout her many relocation's. After graduating from Botetourt High School and Keys Business College in Norfolk, Va. She began work at Richmond Cedar Works until 1941, then for the War Production Board in Washington, DC and also at the Census Bureau.
In 1949 she married Derwood Parker of the U.S. Army and she traveled with him to Europe for two years. Upon Derwoods retirement in 1963 they returned to Gloucester, the place she dearly loved. and Dorothy got a job at the Naval Weapons Station where she worked for 22 years.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents John Lloyd and Mary Sterling Clements; her husband Derwood Parker; her sisters Alice Robbins and Sadie Coates; her brothers L. Graham Clements, Thomas and James Clements She is survived by her sister Mary Ness of San Diego, CA; sister-in-law Bessie Emory; nieces Nina West, Charlotte Wilkes, Mary Kelsey, Rachel Brown and Nancy Wilson; nephews Mark, David, and Paul Clements and Gary Ness and their families.
The family would like to thank Dorothy's caregivers Rachel, Anne, Betty, Mary, Evelyna, Lisa, Stephanie, Joann and others who made it possible for her to remain in her home.
A Celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel by Rev. Donald Warrick. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to funeral services. Burial will be in Windsor Gardens Cemetery, Dutton, Va. Memorial donations may be made to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, c/o Rodgers Brown, 9030 John Clayton Memorial Highway, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Funeral arrangements are by Andrews Funeral Home, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Obituary is from the Andrews Funeral Home and Cremation Service (www.andrewsfuneralservices.com) website, posted March 29, 2014:
Dorothy Clements Parker, left us to move on to a place of heavenly peace on March 28, 2014, 2 days after her 95th birthday. A resident of Ware Neck, Dorothy had an intense interest in the community and spent many hours working to keep the Ware Neck Road litter free as well as beautifying the triangle at Flat Iron. She was a member and strong supporter of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and retained her membership there throughout her many relocation's. After graduating from Botetourt High School and Keys Business College in Norfolk, Va. She began work at Richmond Cedar Works until 1941, then for the War Production Board in Washington, DC and also at the Census Bureau.
In 1949 she married Derwood Parker of the U.S. Army and she traveled with him to Europe for two years. Upon Derwoods retirement in 1963 they returned to Gloucester, the place she dearly loved. and Dorothy got a job at the Naval Weapons Station where she worked for 22 years.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents John Lloyd and Mary Sterling Clements; her husband Derwood Parker; her sisters Alice Robbins and Sadie Coates; her brothers L. Graham Clements, Thomas and James Clements She is survived by her sister Mary Ness of San Diego, CA; sister-in-law Bessie Emory; nieces Nina West, Charlotte Wilkes, Mary Kelsey, Rachel Brown and Nancy Wilson; nephews Mark, David, and Paul Clements and Gary Ness and their families.
The family would like to thank Dorothy's caregivers Rachel, Anne, Betty, Mary, Evelyna, Lisa, Stephanie, Joann and others who made it possible for her to remain in her home.
A Celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel by Rev. Donald Warrick. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to funeral services. Burial will be in Windsor Gardens Cemetery, Dutton, Va. Memorial donations may be made to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, c/o Rodgers Brown, 9030 John Clayton Memorial Highway, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Funeral arrangements are by Andrews Funeral Home, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Dorothy Clements Parker, left us to move on to a place of heavenly peace on March 28, 2014, 2 days after her 95th birthday. A resident of Ware Neck, Dorothy had an intense interest in the community and spent many hours working to keep the Ware Neck Road litter free as well as beautifying the triangle at Flat Iron. She was a member and strong supporter of Mt. Zion United Methodist Church and retained her membership there throughout her many relocation's. After graduating from Botetourt High School and Keys Business College in Norfolk, Va. She began work at Richmond Cedar Works until 1941, then for the War Production Board in Washington, DC and also at the Census Bureau.
In 1949 she married Derwood Parker of the U.S. Army and she traveled with him to Europe for two years. Upon Derwoods retirement in 1963 they returned to Gloucester, the place she dearly loved. and Dorothy got a job at the Naval Weapons Station where she worked for 22 years.
Dorothy was preceded in death by her parents John Lloyd and Mary Sterling Clements; her husband Derwood Parker; her sisters Alice Robbins and Sadie Coates; her brothers L. Graham Clements, Thomas and James Clements She is survived by her sister Mary Ness of San Diego, CA; sister-in-law Bessie Emory; nieces Nina West, Charlotte Wilkes, Mary Kelsey, Rachel Brown and Nancy Wilson; nephews Mark, David, and Paul Clements and Gary Ness and their families.
The family would like to thank Dorothy's caregivers Rachel, Anne, Betty, Mary, Evelyna, Lisa, Stephanie, Joann and others who made it possible for her to remain in her home.
A Celebration of life will be held on Tuesday, April 1, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. in the funeral home chapel by Rev. Donald Warrick. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to funeral services. Burial will be in Windsor Gardens Cemetery, Dutton, Va. Memorial donations may be made to Mt. Zion United Methodist Church, c/o Rodgers Brown, 9030 John Clayton Memorial Highway, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
Funeral arrangements are by Andrews Funeral Home, Gloucester, Va. 23061.
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