Bertha Wise Parker

Bertha Wise ParkerBeloved mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, Bertha Wise Parker, 90, of Beaufort, SC, Charleston , SC and St. Matthews, SC peacefully went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ surrounded by her loving family at Beaufort Memorial Hospital October 4, 2012 at 11:30 am. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church of St. Matthews, SC at 1:00 PM October 6, 2012 with Rev. Dr. Thomas Huggins officiating. Burial will follow at West End Cemetery. Mrs. Parker was born in Calhoun County, daughter of the late Daniel T. Zeigler and Maybelle Dorminey Zeigler. She was a 1940 graduate of St. Matthews High School. She was a bookkeeper for Virginia Carolina Chemical Company in Charleston SC. She was a member of First Baptist Church of St. Matthews and Ashley River Baptist in Charleston SC. Mrs. Parker was a Worthy Matron of the Azalea Chapter Order of the Eastern Star. She was the widow of William Jennings Parker Sr. Survivors include two sons, William Jennings Parker, Jr. and wife, Brenda, of Hilton Head Island, SC and Glenn Evans Parker of Port Royal, SC; two daughters Carolyn Sanders and her husband, Sandy, of Beaufort, SC and Robin Lewis and husband, George, of Lynch, Kentucky; three grandchildren, Callie Watford and husband, Brett, of Charleston, SC, Molly Blair and husband, Brook, of Missoula, Montana, and Scott Parker of Hilton Head SC and 6 great-grandchildren Tyler, Parker, Lawson and Cullen Watford of Charleston SC and Mason and Andrew Blair of Missoula, Montana. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 303 West Bridge Street, St. Matthews, SC 29135 or Alzheimer's Family Services of Greater Beaufort, 2266 Boundary Street, Beaufort, SC 29902. Please sign the families' online guestbook at www.dukesharleyfuneralhome.com