This is my working hypothesis - the way I see it as of
this moment!!
Timothy Beaurie Parker married 5 Jan 1921
Lillie Waff Smith who lived only a mile or so from his home in Sarem, Gates
Co, NC. They were classmates at Reynoldson. They built a home 1/2 mile up
the road from his parents on a plot of land adjoining the grounds of the
Sarem Christian Church.
Beaurie Parker Home June
1969
T. Beaurie was born 18 June 1896 at
Sarem, the second child of Timothy E. Parker and his wife Emily Hortense
"Tennie" Rountree. He lived his entire life on the family farm and died at his
residence 2 Oct 1984. He was a rural mail carrier for
41 years. Both Beaurie and his wife Lillie were very active in the
affairs of Reynoldson Baptist Church -- he served as Sunday School
Superintendent for 29 years besides serving on the board of deacons. The
Parkers always had a great vegetable garden, and they were legend for their
hospitality and the good eating at their table.
Lillie Waff Smith was born 7 March
1896. After a very active life, Aunt Lillie developed rheumatoid
arthritis that rendered her completely immobile during her last few years.
Beaurie assisted by his daughter-in-law Blanche was her devoted nurse,
caring for her at home Lillie died at her home in Sarem 20 July 1976. Beaurie
died 2 Oct 1984.
Lillie and Beaurie Parker are
buried at Reynoldson.
Beaurie Parker ca
1922 Lillie and Louise
Ola, Tennie and Beaurie ca
1901
Children of T.
Beaurie Parker and Lillie Waff Smith:
Parker Family 27 Aug 1950
1. Annie Louise Parker 22 Jan 1922 - 8 Nov 1986 Sarem, Gates
Co, NC
Louise ca 1925
married 1942 Warren G Nebles
18 Sept 1920
- Oct 2000
a. Frances
Nebles 1945 -
4 generations with Tennie 1950
Tennie, Beaurie, Louise and Frances
b. Timothy
Edward Nebles 1950 -
c. Regina
Nebles 1955 -
2. James Beaurie Parker 24 Jan 1926 - 16 May 2002
Sarem, Gates Co,
NC - 33 years with Union Camp Corp in Franklin -
deacon of Reynoldson Baptist
Ch. - had served in the Merchant Marines
married 1949 Blanche
Elizabeth Gray 25 June 1921 - 29 March 2008
Blanche and JB Parker Their
children
a. Sandra Faye Parker 1952 -
b. Connie
Marie Parker 1953 -
married Alan Jeffreys
i. Warren Jeffreys
Connie's family
c. Mary Susan Parker 1957 -
d.
William Beaurie Parker 1959 -
married Nancy
i. Will Parker
ii. Leigh Parker
Bill's family
3. Lillian
Riddick [Nikki] Parker Sept 1927 -
married 1952 (Rev) Jack
Truman of Canada
a. David Mark Vanstone
Truman 1954 -
married Aug 1979 Vicki Arnott
b. Nancy
Christine Truman 1961 -
married July 1991 Richard Archibald
i. Julia Leigh Arhibald 1996 -
ii. Delaney Parker Archibald 2001 -
c. Elizabeth
Jane Truman 1965 -
married Aug 1988 John Hunt
i. Jesse Mikala Hunt 1999 -
Truman family 1991
front: Nancy, Elizabeth, Nikki, Vicki, Mark
back row: Rick, Jack, John
4. Ellen Marie Parker May 1929 -
married 1950 Richard
Turner of Norfolk, VA
Ellen and Richard 1950
a.
Jeffery Turner 1954 -
i. Brian Turner
b. Janet
Ann Turner 1957 -
Janet and Jeffrey Dec 1957
5. Ethel Hortense Parker Apr 1937 -
Franklin,
VA
Ethel 1953
married 1960 Tim Plyler
ca 1937 Whaleyville, VA - Dec 1986
a.
Deborah Ann Plyler 1960
b. Marion
Timothy Plyler IV 1962 -
married ca 1989 Gilbert
Newsome
Cousins Get Together May 2001: Julia Lawrence,
Connie, J B, and Sandra
The History of Reynoldson Institute Reynoldson, North Carolina
by Lillie Waff Smith 1916
pictures of Reynoldson Institute
Reynoldson Baptist Church 1943
Sarem Christian Church
Grandmother & her grandchildren on her 60th
Birthday
Grandmother & her grandchildren on her 80th
Birthday
Grandmother 80th Birthday Party
Tennie Parke with her brother, Dorsey Sanderlin, all her grandchildren and
Frances Neebes
her two children Ola and Beaurie and their spouses, Raynor Moore and
Lillie Parker,
Blanche Parker and Warren Nebles. Richard Turner took the picture.
Feature article on T Beaurie Parker
from the Gates County Index 1959
Parker Reunion July 1969
23 January 2010