Mrs. Jewell Brown Parker

STATESBORO, Ga. - Mrs. Jewell Brown Parker, 95, died Friday, August 12, 2011, at her office, doing what she loved best.
She was a longtime resident of Bulloch County and owner of Parker Apartments for 78 years, which she started in 1942. She was one of the few women who worked outside the home, and owned their own business.
After graduating from GSCW Valdosta College and attending UGA, she taught school until she came to Georgia Teacher's College in Statesboro, where she met and married F.C. Parker Jr. in 1939. Working alongside him at Parker Stockyard, she also built and managed Parkwood Court. She was a longtime member of the Statesboro First Baptist Church and the Dorcas Sunday School Class.
She was a long-term director of Farmers and Merchants Bank, where she was involved with the opening of their main office in Statesboro.
She was also a member of the Bulloch Memorial Hospital Foundation, past president of Statesboro Community Concert Association, Symphony Guild, Beta Sigma Phi, Statesboro Women's Club, Statesboro Garden Club, Bulloch Council of Garden Clubs, WMC and was an original Sustainer of the Statesboro Service League.
She was instrumental in forming the Kappa Delta Sorority Chapter at Georgia Southern and held functions at her home until helping to build and decorate the Kappa Delta house. She was a member of the National Society Daughters of American Colonists and Daughters of the American Revolution.
She had a strong work ethic, a positive attitude and a wonderful love of family.
She was predeceased by her parents, Walter Cleon and Carrie Lucille Williams Brown of Wheeler County; husband, F.C. Parker Jr.; three brothers and one sister and son-in-law, Martin Holzman.
She is survived by two daughters and a son-in-law, Marjorie Holzman of Statesboro and Edith and Doug Daniel of Atlanta; a son and daughter-in-law, Frank C. Parker III and Marcia of Statesboro; her grandchildren, F. David Parker (Susan) of Denver, Colo., Michael R. Parker of Dallas, Texas, Lisa Parker Fort of Savannah, Ga., Frank Cleveland Parker IV (Julie) of New York, N.Y., Mark Holzman (Tiffany) of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Walter Holzman (Emily) of McDonough, Ga., and Wesley Bradshaw (Sumner), Courtney Bradshaw, Colin Daniel (Alice), Lindsay Daniel Wegener (Chris), all of Atlanta, Ga.; 15 great-grandchildren and several nieces and nephews also survive.
Visitation will be Sunday from 3-5 p.m. at Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home in Statesboro.
The funeral service will be Monday, August 15th, 2011, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home with Dr. H. William Perry officiating. Interment will be in the Eastside Cemetery in Statesboro.
Pallbearers will be Mrs. Parker's grandsons.
Honorary pallbearers will be members, past and present, of the board of directors of Farmers and Merchants Bank.
The family requests that memorial contributions be made to the Statesboro First Baptist Church Building Fund, 108 North Main Street, Statesboro, Ga. 30458.
Friends may sign the online register book at www.joineranderson.com.
Joiner-Anderson Funeral Home of Statesboro is in charge of the arrangements.

Statesboro Herald, August 14, 2011
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