MT. MORIAH CEMETERY (Mt Moriah or Big Dry Creek Rd) GILES COUNTY TENNESSEE

PARKER, Tom B. The Pulaski Citizen 15 Nov 1944

Funeral services for Tom B. Parker, 49, well-known farmer of World War I, who died suddenly of a heart attack at his home at 3:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon, November 11, after a brief illness, were held at the Moriah Church at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon, conducted by the Rev. Minor E. Powers of Columbia, former pastor of the church. Burial took place in the church cemetery with veterans of World War I serving as pall bearers.
Mr. Parker was the son of the late Quarles T. Parker of the Moriah community.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Stella Rich Parker; one son, Harold Parker, Wales; one grandson, Tommy Parker; four sisters, Mrs. W. A. Johnson, Chicago, Ill., Mrs. Beulah Ridenor, Little Rock, Ark., Mrs. Hazel White, Tampa, Fla., and Mrs. Mattie L. Jennings, Birmingham, Ala; two brothers, Cleveland Parker, Campbellsville, and Arch Parker, Blue Island, Ill.