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Note: #2 Victor Ford Parker (15 November 1908-24 December 1951)
Victor Ford Parker was born 15 November 1908 in Newport District, Warwick County, Virginia to John Luther Parker and Esther Orah Hopkins.1 He was their first son and had a sister named Virgie T. who was born on 16 June 1911 and died on 5 November 1980; two brothers, John Luther who was born on 18 July 1914 and died on 3 January 1976 and Carl Woodrow who was born on 2 July 1918 and died on 10 January 1984. The 1920 Federal Census has him listed as 11 years old and living with his parents, sister and two brothers listed above. At this time his father is listed as a laborer in the shipyard.4 My brother, John, told me that my Grandfather figured he could make more money oystering than working in the Newport News shipyard and quit his job.
According to the 1910 Federal Census, he was one year and five months old and lived with his parents on the main county road to Newport News. His father was a farmer. His mother didn't work outside of the home.5
On 29 October 1930, he married Madeline Sarah Moore, daughter of John Thomas Moore and Emma Matilda Haubois, in South Mills, North Carolina. He was 22 years old and she put down that she was 21 years old even though she was only 15 years old. James Parker and Christine Hopkins, two cousins, were witnesses to the marriage.2
He was a welder with the shipyard in Chester, Pennsylvania in 1938, because my brother, John, was born in Chester, Pennsylvania on 13 November 1938. I was also born in Chester on 21 November 1940. My brother, Victor, was born in National Park, New Jersey on 14 September 1931. He moved back to Warwick, Virginia approximately 1943. Victor purchased a lot from his father, 85 Maxwell Lane, and he and his father built a house on it. He worked in the Newport News shipyard for a while as a welder. Victor and his father, John L. built a oyster boat called the Madeline and Victor started making his living by oystering. He owed oyster grounds in the James River.
In the early 1950's, Victor had an operation to completely remove his stomach due to cancer, possibly from drinking alcohol. I found out years later from my Mother that he still had cancer in his body.
He passed away early evening on Monday, 24 December 1951. He died from acute coronary occlusion and shock and exposure too water.3 Victor died on the west side of the James River after the boat in which he was riding overturned near Mulberry Island north of Old Holloway's Landing. He suffered a heart attack after swimming almost to shore. He was in only five feet of water when he was brought to shore. He was wearing a life preserver about his waist. He was with his brother-in-law, John Roy Morgan and a friend J. Powell Fitchett. They had went duck hunting. J. Powell Fitchett turned the boat to sharp and it capsized.6 Funeral services were held a Denbgh Baptist Church with burial in the Church Cemetery beside the new Church building, which is the only building there now.7
1. Birth Certificate for Victor Parker, Delayed Births 10-27-1941. Dept. of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Richmond, Virginia.
2. Marriage license of Victor F. Parker and Madeline Moore, Register of Deeds, Camden (Camden) North Carolina.
3. Death Certificate for Victor Parker, Dist 940, Registered No. 180. Va Dept of Health-Division of Vital Records, Richmond, Va.
4. 1920 Federal Census of Virginia (population), Warwick Co., Newport Magistrate District, E.D. 152, Sheet 45B, line 95, nos. 767/1044, National Archives Microfilm Publication T625, roll 1916.
5. 1910 Federal Census of Virginia (population), Warwick Co., Newport District, E.D. 0119, p. 17A, line 23, nos. 27/28, National Archives Microfilm Publication T624, roll 1637.
6. Newspaper article, Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, December 1951.
7. Newspaper Death Announcement, Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, December 1951.
8. Newspaper article, Daily Press, Newport News, Virginia, Dec. 25, 1951
9. Newspaper article, Times Herald, Newport News, Virginia, Dec. 26, 1951
10. Newspaper article, Daily Press, Newsport News, Virginia, Dec. 27, 1951
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