Annie Parker

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Graveside services for Annie Merle Helms Parker, 81, of Donalsonville, Ga., will be on Friday, April 24, at 11 a.m. at Salem-Seminole Baptist Church in Donalsonville.

Visitation will be held Thursday, April 23, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Evans-Skipper Funeral Home in Donalsonville.

Born July 11, 1927, in Bascom, Fla., Mrs. Parker died on Monday, April 20, 2009, at the Miller County Nursing Home in Colquitt, Ga. She was a member of Hebrew Freewill Baptist Church in Donalsonville.

Mrs. Parker was preceded in death by her husband, Reuben Parker; one son, Thomas T. Parker; one brother, Talmadge Helms, and one sister, Lillian Thornton.

Survivors include a son, Edward Parker and his wife, Debbie, of Bradenton, Fla.; one brother, Alfred Helms of Dalton, Ga.; two sisters, Norma Deal of Ashford, Ala., and Nell Aguilar of Jakin, Ga., two grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Evans-Skipper Funeral Home in Donalsonville, Ga., is in charge of the arrangements.