FRANKLINTON - Ora Virginia (Gin) Parker, 77, died Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008. Funeral services were conducted at 1 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Union Chapel AME Zion Church, Wilton, with Bishop Leroy H. Cannady Sr., eulogist. Burial followed in the church cemetery.

She was born in Franklin County to the late Lydia Tabron and William Joyner. She received her education at Albion Academy in Franklinton. Her husband, William Edgar Parker, preceded her in death.

Surviving: stepdaughter, Linda Cannady of Franklinton; adopted son, Charles Wilkerson of Atlantic City, N.J.; sisters, Joyce Smith of Franklinton and Gloria Crudup of Newport News, Va.; and two grandchildren.

Arrangements by Cutchins Funeral Home, Franklinton.