Individual Details

1930 Census. Prec 4, Lee Co, TX, Hh 131
Sterlin Parker, 21, married at 19
Bell, wife, 18, married at 16
Sterlin Jr., son, 8 months old

1940 Census. Milam Co, TX, Hh 230
Rt. 2, Thorndale - lived same place in 1935
Sterling Parker, 36, Farmer
Belle, wife, 34
Gerline, dau, 10
Billy Joe, son, 8
Preston, son, 3

Note: it is curious that this daughter was mentioned and not the son Sterling in 1940. There is a Texas death certificate for a stillborn female Parker infant born to Sterling & Bell Wade Parker on 22 Mar 1931.

Texas Death Certificate #59034
Sterling Thomas Parker died 27 Oct 1961 of pneumonia and metastatic lung cancer. He died in Little York Hospital, Houston - his address was 2402 Kowis St. Born 26 Apr 1909 in Rockdale, TX, no parents are listed. He worked as a machinist at KVP Sutherland Paper. Billy Joe Parker, son, was the informant. Buried Brookside Memorial Park, Houston.

Birth	26 Apr 1909	Mills County, Texas
Marriage	7 Aug 1928	Milam County, Texas - Tissie Belle Wade
Death	27 Oct 1961	Houston, Harris County, Texas

Spouse	Tissie Belle Wade (1905 - 1997)
Child	Living

Father	Jade Giddings Parker (1865 - 1935)
Mother	Savannah Georgia Litchfield (1867 - 1931)