Background
Parker, J. Roy was born on January 11, 1895 in Ahoskie, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph T. and Julia (Newsome) Parker.
Parker, J. Roy was born on January 11, 1895 in Ahoskie, North Carolina, United States. Son of Joseph T. and Julia (Newsome) Parker.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1915. Student of University of Missouri, 1922.
1 son, J. Royal Public Hertford County Herald, Ahoskie, October 1, since 1915. Editor, 1915-1934; columnist for Hertford County Herald, Ledger-Advance, Windsor, North Carolina, The Jackson (North Carolina) News, Gates County Index, Gatesville, North Carolina, since 1935. City editor, Logan (West Virginia) Democrat, 1922.
Sports editor Tribune Times, Hornell, New York, 1922.
President Parker Brothers, Incorporated., Ahoskie, publications and printers of Hertford County Herald, Bertie Ledger-Advance, Windsor, North Carolina, Jackson (North Carolina) News, Gates County Index, since 1940. Security-manager North Carolina Weekly Newspaper Association, Incorporated., Chapel Hill, 1941-1949.
Professor journalism, University of North Carolina, 1941-1949, emeritus. Visiting lecturer journalism Chowan College.
Communion and Water Baptism are symbolic acts of obedience to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament.
Member North Carolina General Assembly, 1956-1957. Served as yeoman, United States Naval Reserve Force, 1918. Member North Carolina Press Association (president 1934-1935), American Legion, Chamber of Commerce.
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Married Louise Buffaloe, May 5, 1923.