In 1938 she married Robert Wallace Parker in Duval County, FL.
OBITUARY
Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
24 May 2005
Religion Journalist Dorothy Parker, 94
Dorothy Mills Parker, 94, a Washington correspondent from the late 1960s to 1995 for the Living Church, the National Episcopal Weekly magazine, died May 18 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. She had pneumonia.
FLORIDA TIMES UNION
JACKSONVILLE, DUVAL COUNTY, FL
FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2005
PARKER, Dorothy Telfair Mills Parker, (age 94) a native of Jacksonville and a longtime resident of Washington, DC, died on May 18, 2005 at her home at Goodwin House retirement community in Alexandria, Virginia, where she had lived since 1998. She was the daughter of the late George Wiley Mills and Liddie Clark Mills, and the granddaughter of the late Harrison Wadsworth Clark and Helen Telfair Clark, all of Jacksonville. She attended local schools and Florida State University, and made her debut in Jacksonville at the Florida Yacht Club. An artist of note, she was a member of the Junior League, the Spinsters, and of St. John's Cathedral, and was active in the life of the community. In 1938 her marriage to Robert Wallace Parker brought her to Washington. As a journalist Mrs. Parker was widely known for her extensive coverage of the Episcopal Church and the Angelican Communion. From 1968 to 1995 she was Washington Correspondent for the Living Church, National Episcopal Weekly Magazine, and wrote and lectured widely on church related subjects. Overseas assignments from the Washington Post and other Washington papers included coverage of three successive Lambeth Conferences in England and many other events. She was closely associated with Washington National Cathedral, and served as press officer, trustee and historian for the Cathedral Choral Society, in which she sang for many years. In the secular field she compiled a history of the Lees of Virginia. She is survived by a sister, Elizabeth (Becky) Mills Phillips of Berwyn, PA, a nephew, George W.M. Phillips, and two great nieces, Christie Anne and Laurie Mills Phillips, all of Devon, PA. Funeral Services will be held at St. John's Cathedral on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 11:00am with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to St. John's Cathedral, 256 East Church St., Jacksonville. Local Arrangements by HardageGiddens Funeral Home, Northside. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
OBITUARY
Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
24 May 2005
Religion Journalist Dorothy Parker, 94
Dorothy Mills Parker, 94, a Washington correspondent from the late 1960s to 1995 for the Living Church, the National Episcopal Weekly magazine, died May 18 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. She had pneumonia.
FLORIDA TIMES UNION
JACKSONVILLE, DUVAL COUNTY, FL
FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2005
PARKER, Dorothy Telfair Mills Parker, (age 94) a native of Jacksonville and a longtime resident of Washington, DC, died on May 18, 2005 at her home at Goodwin House retirement community in Alexandria, Virginia, where she had lived since 1998. She was the daughter of the late George Wiley Mills and Liddie Clark Mills, and the granddaughter of the late Harrison Wadsworth Clark and Helen Telfair Clark, all of Jacksonville. She attended local schools and Florida State University, and made her debut in Jacksonville at the Florida Yacht Club. An artist of note, she was a member of the Junior League, the Spinsters, and of St. John's Cathedral, and was active in the life of the community. In 1938 her marriage to Robert Wallace Parker brought her to Washington. As a journalist Mrs. Parker was widely known for her extensive coverage of the Episcopal Church and the Angelican Communion. From 1968 to 1995 she was Washington Correspondent for the Living Church, National Episcopal Weekly Magazine, and wrote and lectured widely on church related subjects. Overseas assignments from the Washington Post and other Washington papers included coverage of three successive Lambeth Conferences in England and many other events. She was closely associated with Washington National Cathedral, and served as press officer, trustee and historian for the Cathedral Choral Society, in which she sang for many years. In the secular field she compiled a history of the Lees of Virginia. She is survived by a sister, Elizabeth (Becky) Mills Phillips of Berwyn, PA, a nephew, George W.M. Phillips, and two great nieces, Christie Anne and Laurie Mills Phillips, all of Devon, PA. Funeral Services will be held at St. John's Cathedral on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 11:00am with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to St. John's Cathedral, 256 East Church St., Jacksonville. Local Arrangements by HardageGiddens Funeral Home, Northside. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
In 1938 she married Robert Wallace Parker in Duval County, FL.
OBITUARY
Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
24 May 2005
Religion Journalist Dorothy Parker, 94
Dorothy Mills Parker, 94, a Washington correspondent from the late 1960s to 1995 for the Living Church, the National Episcopal Weekly magazine, died May 18 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. She had pneumonia.
FLORIDA TIMES UNION
JACKSONVILLE, DUVAL COUNTY, FL
FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2005
PARKER, Dorothy Telfair Mills Parker, (age 94) a native of Jacksonville and a longtime resident of Washington, DC, died on May 18, 2005 at her home at Goodwin House retirement community in Alexandria, Virginia, where she had lived since 1998. She was the daughter of the late George Wiley Mills and Liddie Clark Mills, and the granddaughter of the late Harrison Wadsworth Clark and Helen Telfair Clark, all of Jacksonville. She attended local schools and Florida State University, and made her debut in Jacksonville at the Florida Yacht Club. An artist of note, she was a member of the Junior League, the Spinsters, and of St. John's Cathedral, and was active in the life of the community. In 1938 her marriage to Robert Wallace Parker brought her to Washington. As a journalist Mrs. Parker was widely known for her extensive coverage of the Episcopal Church and the Angelican Communion. From 1968 to 1995 she was Washington Correspondent for the Living Church, National Episcopal Weekly Magazine, and wrote and lectured widely on church related subjects. Overseas assignments from the Washington Post and other Washington papers included coverage of three successive Lambeth Conferences in England and many other events. She was closely associated with Washington National Cathedral, and served as press officer, trustee and historian for the Cathedral Choral Society, in which she sang for many years. In the secular field she compiled a history of the Lees of Virginia. She is survived by a sister, Elizabeth (Becky) Mills Phillips of Berwyn, PA, a nephew, George W.M. Phillips, and two great nieces, Christie Anne and Laurie Mills Phillips, all of Devon, PA. Funeral Services will be held at St. John's Cathedral on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 11:00am with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to St. John's Cathedral, 256 East Church St., Jacksonville. Local Arrangements by HardageGiddens Funeral Home, Northside. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
OBITUARY
Washington Post
Washington, D.C.
24 May 2005
Religion Journalist Dorothy Parker, 94
Dorothy Mills Parker, 94, a Washington correspondent from the late 1960s to 1995 for the Living Church, the National Episcopal Weekly magazine, died May 18 at Inova Alexandria Hospital. She had pneumonia.
FLORIDA TIMES UNION
JACKSONVILLE, DUVAL COUNTY, FL
FRIDAY, 20 MAY 2005
PARKER, Dorothy Telfair Mills Parker, (age 94) a native of Jacksonville and a longtime resident of Washington, DC, died on May 18, 2005 at her home at Goodwin House retirement community in Alexandria, Virginia, where she had lived since 1998. She was the daughter of the late George Wiley Mills and Liddie Clark Mills, and the granddaughter of the late Harrison Wadsworth Clark and Helen Telfair Clark, all of Jacksonville. She attended local schools and Florida State University, and made her debut in Jacksonville at the Florida Yacht Club. An artist of note, she was a member of the Junior League, the Spinsters, and of St. John's Cathedral, and was active in the life of the community. In 1938 her marriage to Robert Wallace Parker brought her to Washington. As a journalist Mrs. Parker was widely known for her extensive coverage of the Episcopal Church and the Angelican Communion. From 1968 to 1995 she was Washington Correspondent for the Living Church, National Episcopal Weekly Magazine, and wrote and lectured widely on church related subjects. Overseas assignments from the Washington Post and other Washington papers included coverage of three successive Lambeth Conferences in England and many other events. She was closely associated with Washington National Cathedral, and served as press officer, trustee and historian for the Cathedral Choral Society, in which she sang for many years. In the secular field she compiled a history of the Lees of Virginia. She is survived by a sister, Elizabeth (Becky) Mills Phillips of Berwyn, PA, a nephew, George W.M. Phillips, and two great nieces, Christie Anne and Laurie Mills Phillips, all of Devon, PA. Funeral Services will be held at St. John's Cathedral on Friday, May 27, 2005 at 11:00am with interment in Evergreen Cemetery. In lieu of flowers memorial gifts may be made to St. John's Cathedral, 256 East Church St., Jacksonville. Local Arrangements by HardageGiddens Funeral Home, Northside. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
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