Mount Moriah Cemetery Deceased Birth Date Death Date

(h/o Alma Reed Parker)

(s/o Charles M. and Flora Hubbell Parker)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Aug 1993

Mr. Charles H. Parker, 85, died Wednesday August 4, 1993, at Hillside Hospital. Funeral services were held on Friday, August 6, at Bennett-May Chapel with Brother Andy Brown officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Giles County, Mr. Parker was the son of the late Charles M. and Flora Hubbell Parker. He was an avid woodcarver and was of the Church of Christ faith. Survivors include his wife, Alma R. Parker, Bodenham community; one son, Carl Parker, Bodenham community; one daughter, Dorothy Smith, Bodenham community; three grandchildren and one great grandchild.

(h/o Flora Hubbell Parker) md 25 Dec 1883 GCT

(s/o Isaac Thomas and Susan Adelia Keloe Parker)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Jul 1932

On the afternoon of July 21, 1932, Charles Morgan Parker, ceased his two months struggle with illness and in the same quiet, gentle way in which he had lived, he closed his eyes and slipped away into the Beyond. His passing marked the first break in a happy family circle, formed forty-eight years before by his marriage with Flora Hubbell. Seven children grew up in that home, and all had remained within a few miles of father and mother with few weeks ever passing without a gathering of the entire family at the old home place. In the sixty-nine and one-half years since the Christmas Day he was born, Mr. Parker had known his share of the sorrows of life. He had been the last one of his immediate family for a number of years. His eight brothers of whom he often spoke had been buried in widely scattered places. He had known all the toil and sacrifice necessary in rearing a large family and in giving them the advantages of a comfortable home and the preparation for upright Christian living. Mr. Parker was a man of few words, quiet and unassuming in manner, very strict in his moral principles and preferring to set his boys an example by his own patience, industry and honesty, and his unfailing kindness and consideration toward his beloved wife–than by many words. He cared little for outside diversions, and found seeminglyhis greatest pleasure in riding over his pastures and pride in his young lambs, beef cattle and other live stock. He showed his loyalty to the Church of Christ in which he had been an elder for a number of years by his presence at every service that his health permitted, by his strict observance of the Lord’s Day in his home and his interest in the welfare of the Greenwood congregation. His interest in his community was expressed in his love of his neighbor and his willingness to give of his time and means in every movement for betterment.

His kind of sympathy took the practical one of aid for those in distress. And his own family never knew of his many deeds of kindness except as others told them in gratitude. After funeral services at the home conducted by Elder Maurice Clymore he was laid to rest beneath a blanket of flowers in the Moriah Cemetery in the community where his boyhood days had been spent. He is survived by his wife, and the following children: Mrs. Marvin Puryear, Mrs. Tommie Wells, Herschell, Leslie, Cecil and Charles Parker. Also four young grandchildren, Rebecca Puryear, Wendell, Joe and Ethel Parker. They grieve not as those without hope but, though now the night may seem dark, they wait; “The dawn when those angel faces smile, Which we have loved long since and lost awhile.”

PARKER, Cleveland 29 Apr 1885 2 Jul 1953

(h/o Myrtle Arney Parker) Unmarked Obituary

(s/o Charles T. and Mary Etta Hogan Parker)

PARKER, Edward Arney 2 Mar 1928 6 Aug 1991

(h/o Ruthie Marie Parker)

(s/o Cleveland and Myrtle Arney Parker)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Aug 1991

Mr. Edward ArneyParker, 63, ofthe Campbellsville communityof Giles County, died Tuesday, Aug. 6, 1991, at his residence. Funeral services were held Thursday, Aug. 8, at Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. James D. Nave and Rev. Larry Fletcher officiating. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Giles County, Mr. Parker was the son of the late Cleveland and Myrtle Arney Parker. He was a member of the United Methodist Church and retired from Murray-Ohio Manufacturing in Lawrenceburg. Survivors include his wife, Ruthie Marie Parker of Campbellsville; one daughter, Mrs. Paula Ruth Casteel of Pulaski; one son, Michael Wayne Parker of Ethridge; two grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Ruth Robbins of Meredian, Miss.; several nieces and nephews.

(h/o Laura E. Compton Parker) md 8 May 1908 GCT

(s/o Quarles T. and Marietta Hogan Parker)

PARKER, Elwood S. Jr. __ ___ 1911 27 Jan 1958

(h/o Ruby Kelley Parker)

(s/o Elwood S. and Laura E. Compton Parker)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1958

Funeral services for Elwood S. Parker, 47, operator of his garage shop on Highway 64, were held at 2 o’clock Wednesday afternoon at Moriah C. P. Church conducted by Elder E. O. Coffman of Lawrenceburg. Burial took place in the church cemetery. Mr. Parker died at 8:30 on Monday night, January 27, of a heart attack at his home on Hams Creek. A native of Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Laura Compton Parker and the late Elwood Parker, and was a member of the Church of Christ. In addition to his mother, Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Mrs. RubyKelleyParker; five children, PeggyAnn, BeverlyKay, Evelyn, Elwood and Michael Parker; and one sister, Mrs. English Brashears, Ham Creek.

(s/o Elwood Stacy, Jr. and Ruby Kelley Parker)

A 13-year-old Huntsville, Ala., boy, Elwood Stacy Parker, II, formerly of Pulaski, was killed Thursday afternoon when he came in contact with high voltage wires in a tree on the front line of his home. Funeral services were conducted at 1 o’clock Saturday afternoon at Laughlin Funeral Home in Huntsville, with graveside services and burial at Mt. Moriah Cemeteryin Giles Countylater that day. The Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiated. Young Parker, known to familyand

friends as “Woody” was the son of Mrs. Ruby Kelly Parker and the late Elwood Stacey Parker, Jr. He was born in Giles County on Aug. 2, 1954. The accident reportedly occurred while Woody and a friend were climbing the large tree in the family yard and the boy touched electric lines running through the limbs. Surviving in addition to his mother, are a brother, Michael Lee Parker of Huntsville; three sisters, Mrs. Peggy Ann Dollins ofNew Orleans, LA.; Mrs. Beverly KayHillis and Miss Evelyn Parker, both of Huntsville; the maternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. LeroyKelly, and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. Laura Parker of the Bodenham Community.

PARKER, Flora Hubbell 3 Oct 1864 22 May 1934
(w/o Charles Morgan Parker)

(d/o James Boatright and Tirzah E. Bell Hubbell)

(w/o Elwood S. Parker, Sr.)

(d/o A. J. and Emma Alsup Compton)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 29 Jan 1969

Mrs. Laura Emma Parker, 87, died Friday, January 24, in Giles County Hospital. Funeral services for Mrs. Parker, wife of the late Elwood S. Parker, were held Sunday afternoon, January 26, at 1:30 o’clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Andrew Brown, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native ofLincoln County, Mrs. Parker was born April 22, 1881, the daughter of the late A. J. Compton and Emma Alsup Compton. Survivors include one daughter, Mrs. English Brashears; five grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(w/o Quarles T. Parker) md 26 Dec 1917 GCT

(d/o William and Martha Frence Hogan)

PARKER, Myrtle Arney 7 Sep 1884 7 Dec 1965

(w/o Cleveland Parker)

(d/o Dan and Zora McWhirter Arney)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 15 Dec 1965

Funeral services for Mrs. Myrtle Arney Parker, 83, resident of Meridian, Miss., for several years, were held at 10 o’clock Fridaymorning in the chapel of Bennett-MayFuneral Home with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Parker died on Tuesday, December 7, in Meridian. Born September 7, 182, in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Dan Arney and Zora McWhirter Arney. Her husband, Cleve Parker, died July 2, 1953. Mrs. Parker is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ruth Robbins, Meridian, Miss.; three sons, ArneyParker, Giles County, and Samuel Parker and Eugene Parker, both of Detroit, Mich.; five grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; three half-sisters, Mrs. Alene Lanier, Frankewing, Mrs. Sayre Slauson, Fort Lauderdale, Ala., and Mrs. Lelia Reed, Fayetteville; and two half-brothers, Horace Arney and Clifford Arney, both of Nashville. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(s/o Isaac Thomas and Susan Adelia Keloe Parker)

(w/o Elwood Stacey Parker, Jr.)

(d/o James Leroy and Mattie Crockett Kimbrough Kelley)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen __ Oct 1987

Mrs. Ruby Kelly Parker, 71, of Lawrenceburg (Weakley Creek Community), died Sunday,

Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Bennett-May Chapel with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Giles County, Mrs. Parker was the daughter of the late James Leroy and Mattie Crockett Kelley and was married to the late Elwood Stacey Parker, Jr. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Beverly Kay Parker Hillis of San Antonio, Texas, Mrs. Evelyn Stacey Parker of Pulaski; one son, Michael Lee Parker of Pulaski; six grandchildren; one great-grandchild; one brother, James Kelley, Jr. of Decherd, Tenn.

(w/o Isaac Thomas Parker)

(d/o Hezekiah and Keloe)

PARKER, Thomas B. 18 Jan 1896 11 Nov 1944

(h/o Stella Rich Parker)

(s/o Quarles T. and Marietta Hogan Parker)

PARKER, Thomas Harold 11 Feb 1920 7 Mar 1966

(h/o Willa Luna Parker)

(s/o Thomas B. and Stella Rich Parker)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 9 Mar 1966

Funeral services for Thomas Harold Parker, 46, Bodenham farmer, were held at 11 o’clock Wednesday morning at Bennett-May Funeral Home, conducted by the Rev. R. E. Stevenson and the Rev. Mack Pinkelton. Burial took place in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. He died Monday morning, March 7, of a heart attack at his home following a heart ailment. Born February 11, 1920, in Giles County, he was the son of Mrs. Stella Rich Parker Franklin of Pulaski and the late Thomas P. Parker. He was a member of the Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church. Mr. Parker, in addition to his mother, is survived by his wife, Mrs. Willa Luna Parker; one son, Thomas Harold Parker, Jr.; one grandchild, all of Bodenham; and his step-father, O. A. Franklin. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(w/o Thomas Harold Parker)

(d/o Monte H. and Lessie Griffis Luna)

PARSONS, Daisy Belle Kennedy 10 Jun 1876 27 Nov 1959

(w/o Robert Lee Parsons)

(d/o Joseph and Imogene Perry Kennedy)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 2 Dec 1959

Funeral services for Mrs. R. L. Parsons, 83, native Giles Countian and former resident of Decatur, Ala., were held at2 o’clock Sundayafternoon at Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church, conducted by the Rev. Chester Stephens, pastor of the Trinity Charge of the Methodist Church. Burial took place in the family lot in the church cemetery. Mrs. Parsons died at 10 o’clock Fridaymorning, November27, at Jackson Clinic, Lester, Ala., after an extended illness. Born June 10, 1876, in Giles County, she was the former Miss Daisy Kennedy, daughter of the late Joseph Kennedy and Imogene Perry Kennedy. She joined the Methodist Church in her girlhood. Her husband, R. L. Parsons, died in 1950 in Decatur. Mrs. Parsons is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Royce M. Powell, Coral Gables, Fla.; one grandson, Capt. Royce M. Powell, Jr., stationed in Germany; one great-grandchild; and two step-grandchildren; and two brothers, Joe Tom Kennedy, Pulaski, and Richard P. Kennedy, Colorado Springs, Colo.

(d/o Jim and Tatum)

We record this week the sad intelligence of the death of Mrs. Ella Parsons, wife of Mr. Marcus Parsons, who died Wednesdayafter a short illness of consumption. Mr. and Mrs. Parson shortly after their marriage last year went to Texas to make their future home. Her health failed and the came back this spring. Since their arrival she has never been able to visit the home of her father, Mr. Jim Tatum. Her remains were interred at Moriah Friday evening. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. Mr. Mooney.

(h/o Daisy Kennedy Parsons) md 20 Oct 1899 GCT

(s/o Newton and Parsons)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 14 Nov 1951

Robert Lee Parsons, 82, retired contractor, lumber dealer and farmer, died early Friday morning, November 9, at his home in Decatur, Ala., after a period of declining health. Prayer services were held in Decatur Sunday morning followed by funeral services at Mt. Moriah Cumberland Presbyterian Church, west of Pulaski, at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Rites were conducted by the Rev. D. L. Askew, pastor of the Moulton Street Church of Christ, and the Rev. Roy West, pastor of the Trinity Charge. Burial took place in the Moriah Cemetery. Born in Giles County, he was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Newton Parsons. Mr. Parsons is survived by his wife, Mrs. Daisy Kennedy Parsons; one daughter, Mrs. Royce M. Powell, Coral Gables, Fla.; four grandchildren; one sister, Mrs. Alex A. Hardiman, Giles County and one brother, Cason Parsons, Nashville.

(w/o William Thomas Peden)

(d/o J. W. and Maggie Vick Prentice)

Obituary: Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home 15 Jun 2011

Anna Sue Prentice Peden, age 87 of Pulaski, passed away Wednesday evening, June 15, 2011. Visitation will be 3:00 until 5:00 Friday, June 17, 2011 at Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home. Graveside service will follow immediatelyafter visitation at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. She is survived by her daughter Dorothy Hester of Pulaski along with two nieces and two nephews. Bennett-May-Giles County Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements for Anna Sue Prentice Peden.

(d/o Thomas Jefferson and Mary Lena Click Peden)

Funeral services for Glenda Fay Peden, 8-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Peden of Pulaski, were held at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon at Bennett-May Funeral Home with the burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The child died Saturday, December 31, at Giles County Hospital, after a period of declining health. She was born in Giles County, February 21, 1952. In addition to the parents, the child is survived by two sisters, Dorothy Ann and Judy Pearl Peden. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(d/o Alex and Catherine Prentice Peden) Unmarked Grave Death Certificate

EDEN, Judy 13 Jul 1946

(d/o William Thomas and Anna Sue Prentice Peden)

PEDEN, Mary Lena Click 02 Feb 1881 12 Apr 1947

(w/o Thomas Jefferson Peden) md 3 Mar 1907 GCT

(d/o Taylor C. and Mary M. King Click)

Obituary: The Pulaski Record 30 Apr 1947

Funeral services for Mrs Mary Lena Peden, 67, and a resident of the Conway section, who died April 12, at the Pulaski Hospital, were held at 3:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at Moriah Church with Rev. W. C. Moorehead conducting the services. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mrs. Peden was the widow of the late Tom Peden. She is survived by four daughters:, Mrs. Grover Yant, Mrs. Mildred Williams, Misses Susie Peden and Edna Jo Peden; two sons, Bill Peden and Alfred Peden, all of Giles County.

(h/o Mary Lena Click Peden)

(s/o Thomas Jefferson and Sarah Williamson Peden)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 9 Apr 1941

Tom J. Peden, 61, a life-long resident of this county, passed away Thursday morning at 7:20 o’clock at his home in the Twenty-first District after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted Friday at 2 o’clock at Mt. Moriah and burial in church cemetery. Mr. Peden is survived by his wife, seven daughters, Misses Sue Mae Peden, Sallie Peden, Jo Peden, Mrs. MaryHayes, Mrs. Martha DeFoe, Mrs. Mildred Williams, Giles Countyand Mrs. Laura Barnes, Old Hickory, Tenn. and two sons, Bill and Alf of Giles County.

(h/o Anna Sue Prentice Peden)

(s/o Thomas Jefferson and Mary Lena Click Peden)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 5 Nov 1969

William Thomas Peden, 53, died Saturday, November 1, at Maury County Hospital. Funeral services were conducted Sunday afternoon, November 2, at 2:00 o’clock in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home with Mr. G. C. Fox, Church of Christ minister, officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Giles County, Mr. Peden was born December 18, 1915, the son of the late Thomas Jefferson and Mary Lena Click Peden. Survivors include his wife, Mrs. Anna Sue Prentice Peden; two daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Hester, Memphis, and Miss Judy Peden, Pulaski; seven sisters, Mrs. Laura Barnes, Mrs. Mildred Langford, Old Hickory, Mrs. Jo Ann Cox, Oak Ridge, Mrs. Martha Defoe, Fla., Mrs. Sally Yant, Mrs. Mary Hays, and Miss Susie Peden, Pulaski; one brother, Alf Peden, Pulaski.

(h/o Grace Lee Wilkinson) md 25 Dec 1912 GCT

(s/o Felix Grundy and Mary Jane Anderson Petty)

PETTY, Grace Lee Wilkinson __ ___ 1895 __ ___ 1936

(w/o Felix Jackson Petty)

(d/o Leander Lee and Ella Daugherty Wilkinson)

PHELPS, Annie Laurie Puryear 27 Jun 1888 12 Jun 1978

(w/o 1. Solon Reynolds)

(w/o 2. William Allen Phelps) md 10 May 1924 GCT

(d/o Robert Newton and Mattie Martin Puryear)

Funeral services for Mrs. William Allen Phelps, of Pulaski, who died Monday, June 12 at Fairhaven Nursing Home were conducted Wednesday at 2:00 o’clock at Bennett-May Chapel with burial in Mt. Moriah Cemetery in Giles County. At her bedside was her sister, Edna Jo Smith, who was so very faithful during her illness. The Rev. Harry Elyea, pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church at Moriah officiated, assisted by Mr. John Marlin Goodman. Mrs. Phelps had been in failing health for several years but was a bed patient for the past year. At the request, she was to be transferred from Columbia Nursing Home at the first available

opening at Fairhaven. Born in Giles County, she was the daughter of the late Robert Newton and Mattie Elizabeth Puryear. The Puryear and Martin families were among the early settlers of Giles and Wayne Counties. She was married to the late William Allen Phelps of Bunker Hill, May of 1924. He died March 1966. Annie was the possessor of many fine traits, and as stated by Mr. Goodman, “She was a lady of the old school. She was an individual thinker and expressed her own thoughts. She was proud of her family heritage and loved her family. She had a sound old time faith.” Survivors in addition to her sister, Mrs. Harvey Smith, include two nephews, Henry Martin Puryear, Jr. of Columbia and Joe Newton Puryear of Huntsville, Ala.; three nieces, Mrs. Mattie Bell (Puryear) Chalk, McKenzie, Miss Annie Louise Puryear of Memphis, and Mrs. Jane (Puryear) LaFern of Pulaski. Great nieces include Mrs. Nell Ann (Puryear) Zaunbrecher, LaFayette, Ind., Mrs. Peggy Chalk Richardson, Clarksville, and Mrs. Melody LaFern Graham. Great nephews include Henry Martin Puryear, III of Columbia and Jerry Wayne LaFern and Eddie Holland of Pulaski.

PHELPS, William Allen 25 Dec 1896 29 Mar 1968

(h/o Annie Puryear Phelps) TN Pvt 49 Inf WWI

(s/o Ward and Florence Ezell Phelps)

Obituary: The Pulaski Citizen 3 April 1968

William Allen Phelps, 71, retired employee of Redstone Arsenal, died Friday evening, March 29, at Veterans’ Hospital, Nashville. Funeral services for Mr. Phelps were held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Bennett-May Funeral Home, with the Rev. Mack Pinkelton and Rev. Billy Craighead officiating. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. A native of Giles County, Mr. Phelps was born December 25, 1896, the son of the late Ward and Florence Ezell Phelps. Survivors include his wife, Annie Puryear Phelps; and one sister, Mrs. Claude Minatra. Bennett-May Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.

(d/o Sam T. and Usia Arnett Phillips)

(d/o Sam T. and Usia Arnett Phillips)

Funeral services for a Giles Countynative Miss Irene Phillips, 77, of Route 6, Fayetteville, who died Thursday, November 24 in Giles County Hospital, were held Saturday at 2:00 p. m. at Bennett-May Chapel BY Church of Christ ministers Robert McAnally and E.M. Lovell. Burial was in Mt. Moriah Cemetery. She was the daughter of the late Sam T. and Usia Arnett Phillips. Miss Phillips was a member of East Hill Church of Christ. Survivors include four sisters, Mrs. Minnie Shackelford, Mrs. Vera Rigsby, Pulaski, Mrs. Phillip Monks, Fayetteville, and Mrs. Brown Francis, Nashville; and a brother, Mahlon Phillips, Pulaski.

(w/o [1]. Powers)

(w/o [2]. Robert Phillips)

(d/o Jack and Maggie Berry Tarpley)

Mrs. Kate Tarpley Powers Phillips, 50 died at 10 o’clock Monday morning at her home on West Woodring Street after an illness of only a few days. Mrs. Phillips is survived by her husband, Robert Phillips; three sons, Jack Powers, U. S. Army, in Indiana, Billy Powers, and Lowell Powers, Pulaski; one step-son, Guy Powers, who is in foreign service; one sister, Mrs. Walter Witherow, Wales; fourbrothers, Joe Tarpley, Tommy Tarpley, and Russell Tarpley, all of Giles County, and Robert Tarpley of Nashville. Funeral services will be conducted by Elder Harry R. Fox and interment will take place at Mt. Moriah Cemetery. The time for the funeral

has not been set, pending the arrival of the son from Indiana. Mrs. Phillips was a member of the Church of Christ.