Charles West Parker

Charles West Parker, Sr., 80, passed away Tuesday, July 16, 2024 at Baptist Hospital in Jacksonville under the care of Community Hospice.

A resident of Brunswick for nearly fifteen years, Charles was born on December 14, 1943 in Millen, Georgia to the late Heyward Wilson Parker and Dorothy Wildred Waters Parker.  He spent his formative years in Waynesboro, Georgia, later relocating to Statesboro in the early 1980’s where he worked as a delivery driver for Murray Biscuit Company.  Charles felt a call from the Lord and began a life of service to others as a pastor with the United Methodist Church where he pastored several churches, mostly in the Southwestern part of the state, before retiring from ministry and taking up a career as a Truck Driver, owning and operating his own truck until he retired in 2006.  Charles also served his country in the National Guard for many years in his younger days and enjoyed fishing, reading, watching every kind of sport on television, including auto racing and especially the Braves and Falcons.

Survivors include his three children, Jennifer McDaniel and husband, Adrian of Evans, Georgia, Charles “Chuck” Parker, Jr. and wife, Donna of Cairo, Georgia and Connie Parker and companion, D.J. of Waverly, Georgia; three grandchildren, Jesse and Greyson McDaniel and Sarrah Grace Parker; half-sister, Kathryn “Katie” Parker Mobley and nephew, Cole Parker Mobley.

Memorial services will be private.

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