Dear Granddad,
We can truly say that you were a great husband, father and granddad. We have shared many good times together. I know you 're follow ing the path G od has laid fo r you. You took His hand when you heard Him call, you didn 7 look back you left it all. You could not stay another day, to laugh, to love, work in the yard or play. I know your life has savored .much, fam ily, good friends, good times, a love ones touch. Granddad it's going to get hard and I'm sure we 're going to say what are we going to do, but I 'll always hear you saying ju st keep praying just like you. God has taken you where there is everlasting rest. We w ill always remember you in our thoughts and keep you close in our hearts.
I Love You Granddad Richard King, III "Bubba"

Pallbearers

Kenneth Smith Albert Smith James Simmons

Kenneth McKie Bryant McKie
Larry Knight, Jr.

Flower Bearers
Ushers and Nieces
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~ Acknowledgement ~
We, the fam ily o f the late Walter Parkman, Sr., are deeply grateful to our friends and relatives fo r the many acts o f kindness and love shown to us during our time o f bereavement. It is through your strength and the grace o f G od that we have found comfort. May G od enfoldyou in His arms and bless each o fyou with His love.

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Services Entrusted To
G. L. Brightharp & Sons M ortuary

Homegoing Services In Loving M em ory
of
M r. W alter Parkman, Sr. "Buck"
Thursday,June 1, 2000 2:00 P.M.
Je te r Baptist Church
, Edgefield South Carolina
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Reverend Ja m es E . Thomas, Pastor

Obituary
W alter "Buck" Parkman, Sr. son of the late
George Parkman and Queen Esther Cheatham Parkman, was bom March 18, 1920, in Edgefield County, South Carolina.
At an early age, he was baptized at Old Hammond Grove Baptist Church. In later years he united with Mealing Grove Baptist Church, where he was ordained as a Deacon. Toward the sunset o f his life, he united with the Church o f his family roots - Jeter Baptist Church, where he served as a Deacon and President o f the Senior Choir until his health declined.
He was married to Mary Lee Smith Parkman. To this union four children were bom, Addie Mae Dunbar, W alter Parkman, Jr., Queen Esther DeLeon and Doris Jean King.
He retired from Georgia Power Company after 31 years o f dedicated service.
He is survived by: a loving wife, Mary Lee Smith Parkman; three daughters, Addie Mae Dunbar, Queen Esther DeLeon and Doris Jean King; one son, W alter Parkman, Jr.; nine grandchildren; three great grandchildren; three sons-in-law, Charlie Dunbar, Hector DeLeon and Richard King, Jr.; one brother, Caleb Shedrick, Sr.; one sister, Marie King; three sisters-in-law, Rosa Lee Cummings, Georgia Mae Jefferson and Bessie Smith; and a host o f nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

You W onder W hy?
You wonder why I went away And didn V say good-bye I couldn't bear to tell you
For it hurts me when you cry. My ship came in the night And beautiful to see
For the captain was King Jesus And He beckoned to me. 1 ran across the leeway Andfe ll down at His feet
He gently took me in His arms My rest is now complete.

Order of Service
P relude. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mr. Billy Williams
Processional H y m n . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jeter Senior Choir Scripture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. G. L. Brightharp P ra yer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. Jimmy Dyson Reflections
Neighbor ~ Dea. Dock Abraham Church ~ Dea. Robert Thomas Georgia Power / Co-Worker ~ Mr. Stanley Numberber Acknowledgements A O bituary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ms. Laura Curry S o lo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. Bessie Lee Tucker E ulogy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rev. James Thomas Recessional In term en t. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Church Cemetery
~ Repast ~ Jeter Fellowship Hall