Nellie B. PARKER

WATER VIEW - Nellie Burch Parker, age 89, of Water View, passed away on Friday, Jan. 1, 2010 after a long and courageous battle with Alzheimer's disease.
She was the Postmaster of Water View Post Office from 1950 until she retired in 1982, and a faithful and active member of Urbanna United Methodist Church. She was the widow of George Marinor Parker Jr. She married George in 1946 and lived on their farm in Water View for most of her life. She was born in Middlesex County, where she grew up in a close and loving family of seven girls and one boy who remained close throughout their lives. She attended Pan American Business School in the late 1930's and worked in Richmond during the war years.
She is survived by her sister, Lucille Burch of Water View; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, at Bristow-Faulkner Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Saluda. Interment will be in Bethel Memorial Cemetery, Jamaica. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. tonight, at the funeral home.
In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Alzheimer's Association, Mercer Plaza Building, 4600 Cox Road, Suite 130, Glen Allen, VA 23060; or the Water View Volunteer Fire Department, P.O. Box 414, Urbanna, VA 23175. View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks.