Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Sr

Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Sr., 91 of Cambridge, passed away on Sunday, December 19, 2010 at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge. He was born at East New Market on September 19, 1919, and was a son of the late Harry Elza and Lucy Wright Parker. He graduated from East New Market High School in 1936. On May 9, 1937 he was married to the former Norma Hurley. He then attended and graduated from Lincoln Chiropractic College in Indianapolis in 1939. Dr. Parker also did post graduate work at the National Chiropractic College in Chicago and graduated in 1946. He enlisted in the U.S. Army on August 17, 1942, and attended OCS Prep School. He was commissioned on February 24, 1943 and served on active duty until May 24, 1946, after attaining the rank of Captain. Dr. Parker had also served in the Army Reserve until November 15, 1955. Dr. Parker was a member of Grace United Methodist Church in Cambridge, where he had served on the Board of Stewards. He was a Past Commander for Dorchester Post # 91 American Legion, Past Dorchester Area Commander, Past Commander of the Drum and Bugle Corps and Past President of the Cambridge Exchange Club. Dr. Parker was a former member of Choptank Lodge No. 138 A.F. & A.M., and Past Patron of Mizpah Chapter # 51, O.E.S. He had been a certified Red Cross Instructor for many years, Cambridge City Commissioner from 1960 until 1964, serving as President of the City Council. Dr. Parker had his own Chiropractic practice in Cambridge from 1939 until he retired in 1966. Dr. Parker later worked as a Supervisor at the Dorchester Co. Office of the State Dept. of Assessments & Taxation, and had worked throughout the state of Maryland from November 14, 1966 until he retired on January 1, 1984. Dr. Parker had been in failing health for several months when he passed away at the Chesapeake Woods Center in Cambridge on Sunday evening.

Survivors include his wife Norma H. Parker of Cambridge, one son Dr. Arthur S. Parker, Jr. of Bel Air, MD, a sister in law Madeline Parker of Cambridge, and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a sister Lucy Parker Nichols and two brothers Harry E. Parker, Jr. and Brooks W. Parker, Sr.

A funeral service will be held on Wednesday afternoon December 29 at 12:00 PM at the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge with the Rev. Jay Hurley officiating. Interment will follow at the Maryland Veterans Cemetery. The family will receive friends during the hour preceding the service. Memorial contributions may be made to Grace United Methodist Church, 501 Race Street, Cambridge, MD 21613, or to the Dorchester Co. Humane Society, P.O. Box 132, Cambridge, MD 21613. Pallbearers will be Larry Jones, Dennis McCollister, Donald L. Nickerson, Dale Carrier, Brooks Parker, Jr. and George Richard Doty. Honorary pallbearers will be C. Ray Pritchett and Tony Alexander.