If anybody else has information on this line, please contact me. Nettie Bowles was my great great aunt. Joe On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 2:39 AM, Linne Gravestock <[email protected]> wrote: > ================================================== > ===================================================================== > Match: Bowles > Source: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 6:00 AM > > The Clarion-Ledger > Jackson, MS > July 9, 2008 > > > Buddy Parkerson > > Buddy Parkerson, 77, passed away on Monday, July 7, 2008, at Baptist > Hospital after a brief battle with cancer. Visitation will be 5-8 today at > the chapel of Wright & Ferguson Funeral Highland Colony Parkway in > Ridgeland. Funeral services will be held Thursday, July 10, 2008, at 10:00 > a.m. at Wright & Ferguson preceded by visitation at 9:00 a.m. Entombment > will follow in Trinity Mausoleum. > > Buddy was a native of French Camp, MS. He graduated from French Camp > Academy > and Holmes Community College. He also served 4 years with the U.S. Air > Force > during the Korean War. Buddy happily retired from Texas Eastern Gas Pipe > Line with 32 years of service. He was a longtime member and servant of > First > Presbyterian Church of Madison. After retirement, Buddy and Nell enjoyed > traveling in their RV with their many friends. He also loved the music and > fellowship at Blue Grass festivals. Buddy was an active proud member of the > American Legion Post 153. He began each day happily meeting, his many pals > at his McDonald's Coffee Club. He also loved planting his garden and > lending > a helping hand to anyone who needed a "Mr. Fixit." He always had a project > to start and a joke to tell. Buddy truly loved life and never met a > stranger. He will be greatly missed. > > He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Nell Lawrence Parkerson; daughter, > Gail Hunt; treasured grandsons, Matthew & Michael Hunt all of Madison; > sister, June Pee of French Camp, MS; and brother, Warren Parkerson of > Clarksville, GA. > He is preceded in death by his parents, Virgil and Nettie Bowles Parkerson, > brother, Weldon; and sister, Loree. > > Memorials may be made to French Camp Academy, French Camp, MS 39745-9989 > and > First Presbyterian Church of Madison, P.O. Box 279, Madison, MS. > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message >