Willard Thomas Parker (1913 - 1951)

Born 11 Oct 1913 in Fishtrap, Pike, Kentucky, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Eunice (Varney) Parker — married 8 Jan 1936 in Kimper, Pike, Kentucky, United States

Died 8 Feb 1951 at age 37 in Marrowbone, Pike, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Tom was born in 1913. He was the son of Berry Parker and Vina Slone. He passed away in 1951 from a slate fall in a coal mine on Dry Fork of Marrowbone in Pike County, Ky.

Tom Parker died in a coal mine accident on 8 Feb 1951

There seems to be some confusion on the actual name. Birth record has Willard Parker. Death record has Tom Parker. Tombstone has Thomas D. Parker. Marriage record has Thomas Parker. All have the same birth and death dates.

Sources

• Kentucky, Vital Record Indexes, 1911-1999," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHJ-BPNZ : 11 February 2018), Willard Parker, 10 Oct 1913; citing Birth, Pike, Kentucky, United States, Kentucky Department for Libraries and Archives, Frankfort.

• "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2DF-66BZ : 22 July 2021), Thomas Parker and Eunice Varney, 8 Jan 1936; citing Marriage, Kimper, Pike, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 1,943,492.

• "Kentucky Death Records, 1911-1967," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-99GZ-CS67-6?cc=1417491 : 9 January 2019), > image 1 of 1; Office of Vital Statistics, Frankfort.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPBY-BM3 : 9 January 2021), Thomas Parker, Feb 1951; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/150107436/thomas-d-parker: accessed 05 December 2022), memorial page for Thomas D Parker (10 Oct 1913–8 Feb 1951), Find a Grave Memorial ID 150107436, citing Varney Branch Cemetery, Kimper, Pike County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Sue Lapp (contributor 46801997) .