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Excerpted from A Biographical Sketch of Captain Philip H. Parker by Kenneth L. Thames, 1990 by permission.
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ADVANCED AIR BASE, CHINA -- Captain Philip H. Parker, 24, husband of
Nona O. Parker, Box 441, Bay City, Texas, has recently been assigned
to the famed Chinese-American Composite Wing of the Fourteenth Air
Force. Captain Parker, a fighter pilot, entered the army, January 7,
1942. He was stationed at several fields in the United States, his
last assignment before coming overseas having been an instructor and
squadron commanding officer in the Gulf Coast Training Command. The
Texan was a draftsman in civilian life, having worked for the firm
of Freese & Nichols in Dallas, Texas. He is a graduate of Bay City
High School and attended Texas A. & M. College. Matagorda County Tribune, March 29, 1945
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Word has been received here that Capt. Philip Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parker has been missing over China since March 23. As well as can be ascertained, Capt. Parker was flying a P-51 at the time he was lost. Capt. Parker was reared and educated in Bay City and after entering service was stationed at Moore Field in Mission for quite a long time where he served as instructor. He married while in Mission and since he has been overseas his wife has been residing here.
The Daily
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After Captain Parker’s remains had been successfully recovered and identified at Hsiang Ch’eng on 03 February 1946 he was then transferred to the American Military Section, Hungjao Road Cemetery, Shanghai, China where he was interred on 25 February 1946 in Section A, Grave #455. He was to remain at this location until the repatriation program began in 1948.
The
Shanghai cemetery was to be developed into a large overseas war
cemetery similar to those in Europe. These plans were abruptly
changed on 12 March 1947 by a directive from the War Department
inspired by the increasingly unstable political situation in China
with a civil war existing between Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-shek.
Among the salient points of this message was the evacuation of all
remains to Hawaii on the troop ship General Weigle. All the
burials in the Shanghai cemetery were to be exhumed and boxed
immediately, records of all remains to accompany the last shipment
to Hawaii and records cross-indexed to show storage space location
with the former burial location. By 9 April 1947 all the remains
were loaded on the vessel. Philip’s remains were placed in mausoleum
#3 at Schofield Barracks Hawaii until he was brought home in April
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Funeral services for Philip H. Parker are scheduled this afternoon (Thursday) at 8 o'clock at Matchett-Newman Funeral Home with the Rev. Luke Bolin of the First Christian Church officiating. Burial will be in the Cedarvale Cemetery. The body of Captain Parker arrived by train here yesterday afternoon from Hawaii. Captain Parker was killed on March 23, 1945, five days before his 24th birthday, while on a flight mission over China. He was piloting a P-51. Captain Parker, son of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parker of Bay City, was buried in Shanghai, China, his body later being transferred to Hawaii for reburial. The local post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars was named in the memory of this handsome young man who died for his country.
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Captain Philip H. Parker Pvt. Jack W. White Sgt. Robert W. Walker Joseph Paul Lamb MOMM 1/c
They are not dead; having died for freedom of mankind and with the love of God in their hearts, have found a new life. They are soldiers risen to the highest level, and they can become a living part of you and me--today, tomorrow, and forever.
In the destinies of men and in the glorious history of our nation their souls go marching on. Because of them our lives will ever be free.
Because of them our great country will forever live, the exemplification of justice to all people under a real democracy.
Let us parents seek surcease of grief in this promise:
"Behind the dim unknown,
The Daily Tribune, Thursday, May 30, 1946
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Services for Mrs. Allie Hazle Parker of Bay City will be held at 11 a.m. on September 15 in Taylor Brothers Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Frank Seaman will officiate. Mrs. Parker, 90, was born on Oct. 14, 1892, in San Augustine, Texas. She died on Sept. 13 in Matagorda House. A member of the First Presbyterian Church, she was a resident of Bay City since 1915. She is survived by her daughter, Elizabeth Parker Barnes of Las Vegas; her son, Eugene Earl Parker of Jackson, Miss.; and by her sisters, Ellen Wood of Las Vegas, Tom Hazle Bivins of Longview, Texas and Mayve Kazmeier of Bryan, Texas. Following the services, interment will take place in Cedarvale Cemetery. Pallbearers will be Craig Hinton, Allen Hinton, Glen White, Hart Soli, B. F. Schulz and Dick Bachman.
The Daily Tribune,
September 14, 1983 |
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Died December 6, 2002 in her home in Santa Fe, NM. Born January 4, 1921 in Gonzales, TX to John Farrar Orchard and Ida Hedges Orchard. Mrs. Carpenter grew up in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas. She majored in music at Trinity University in San Antonio, TX. In 1976, she earned a BA with Honors with a Major in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at the Permian Basin in Midland, TX. Mrs. Carpenter was a member of the First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe. She was a published poet, pianist, and artist. She was a homemaker, hostess, gardener, Sunday school teacher, active member of the PTA, and Girl Scout leader. During the 12 years she and Al lived in Hobbs, NM, she volunteered at the hospital, the Cerebral Palsy Center, and the high school as a tutor for students in remedial English. She played duplicate bridge, traveled extensively, and was an unabashed lover of cats. Mrs. Carpenter was preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Philip Parker; her husband of 37 years, A. L. Carpenter; and a sister, Alice Elsworth Kirkham. She is survived by a son, Dr. C. Leslie Carpenter and wife Margy of Sumter, SC; daughters: the Rev. Dr. Belinda C. Windham and husband Darrell of Houston, TX and Rebecca R. Carpenter of Santa Fe, NM; grandchildren: C. Lance Carpenter and wife Mary and their children: Maggie and Zach all of Lexington, SC, Sarah Elizabeth Carpenter of Grants Pass, OR, Samuel Windham of Austin, TX, Albert Bagley of San Pedro, CA and Emma Allison Bagley of Santa Fe; brothers, Malcolm Orchard and wife Mai of Aurora, CO and Jim Orchard and wife Claudine of Corsicana, TX; sisters: Neloise Cooper and husband John of Hartshorne, OK and Ruth Key of McAllen, TX; and numerous other relatives and loved ones. A service of Witness to the Resurrection in memory of Nina Carpenter will be Thursday, December 12, 2002 at 4 p. m., First Presbyterian Church of Santa Fe, the Reverend Dr. Shelia Gustafson presiding. Burial will be at the Bellville Cemetery in Bellville, TX. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that memorial gifts be given to First Presbyterian Church, 208 Grant Avenue, Santa Fe, NM 87501. Arrangements are under the direction of Berardinelli Family Funeral Service, 1399 Luisa. 984-8600 Santa Fe New Mexican, December 10, 2002
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Funeral services will be held for Herbert Hackley Parker, 90, of Bay City, 11 a.m. Saturday at Taylor Brothers Chapel. Parker died September 24, 1981 at Matagorda General Hospital. Officiating at the services will be the Rev. Frank Seaman. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Allie Hazle Parker of Bay City; daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Parker Barnes of Glendale, Arizona; son, Eugene Earl Parker, of Jackson, Miss.; sister, Mrs. Helen Parker Hinton of Bay City. Parker has been a resident of Bay City since 1902 and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, the Masonic Lodge and a veteran of World War I. Burial will follow services at Cedarvale Cemetery. Pallbearers include Hart Soli, Percy Harrison, Virgil Fetters, Craig and Alan Hinton and R. C. Blackman. Arrangements with Taylor Brothers Funeral Home. The Daily Tribune,
September 25, 1981 |
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Photos of Mr. & Mrs. Parker
and Philip courtesy of
Philip H. Parker VFW Post 2438. |
Copyright 2006 -
Present by Carol Sue Gibbs |
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Created Jan. 30, 2006 |
Updated Oct. 27, 2019 |