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10/27/11 - NNHS Newsletter - Rita Mitchell Parker Rita Dorothy Mitchell Parker (08 Mar 1925 - 24 Oct 2011) Newport News High School Class of @ 1941

Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   
  We have even more sad news this Thursday afternoon.   Rita Mitchell Parker, Class of @ 1941, passed away in Walter Reed Rehabilitation Center in Gloucester on Monday, October 24, 2011 at the age of 86. 

  She was the sister of    Selma Lee Mitchell Winebarger (June '44) of VA, Peggy Ann Mitchell Bassford of KS, and    Johnny Mitchell ('57) of VA, and sister-in-law of    LaRhue Nettles Mitchell (’58) of VA.  

From the Daily Press - 10/28/11:  

                   Rita Mitchell Parker

			URBANNA - Rita Dorothy Mitchell Parker was born March 8, 1925, to Selma and Alvin Mitchell of Chestnut Avenue in Newport News. She attended Newport News High School. Rita succumbed to a short illness at Walter Reed Rehabilitation Center Monday, Oct. 24, 2011. She is survived by her daughter, Margo Rita Parker; and a son, Stephen George Parker and his wife, Judy Parker all of Gloucester. She is also survived by two sisters, Selma Lee Winebarger of York County and Peggy Ann Bassford of Kansas; a brother, John Edward Mitchell of Newport News; a grandson, Ray A. Taylor IV of Ashburn, Va.; two great-grandchildren and an array of wonderful nieces and nephews.
	Rita Mitchell Parker
	ReeRee, as friends and relatives called her, had been an avid golfer at the Kempsville Meadows Golf Course under the tutelage of the late Jimmy Ellis and owner, Johnny Kelly. To her credit is a club championship in 1962, and a first place in the Kempsville Meadows Women's Golf Tournament, also in 1962. Rita had the honor and pleasure of meeting and picking up a few "tips" from Jack Nicklaus at the Doral in Miami, Fla., in 1969. Rita was a member of the Red Hats in Virginia Beach and shared many memories with her friends at Marian Manor where she resided for eight great years. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, at the Altmeyer Funeral Home, Denbigh Chapel, 12893 Jefferson Ave., Newport News, Va. A reception will follow at 5:00 p.m., at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Philip Keator, 301 Burnham Place, Newport News, Va. Memorial contributions may be made in the form of donations to the Salvation Army, P.O. Box 267, Hayes, VA 23072.  View and post condolences on our online guestbook at dailypress.com/guestbooks. Published in Daily Press from October 27 to October 28, 2011.    Visit Guest Book

October 27, 2011 Our thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort. ~ Bruce & Jo Mitchell, Mechanicsville, Virginia October 27, 2011 C October 27, 2011 I October 27, 2011 I October 27, 2011 J October 27, 2011 I October 27, 2011   C October 27, 2011 W   October 27, 2011 S   October 27, 2011 I   October 27, 2011 I October 27, 2011 J October 27, 2011 ~    October 27, 2011   J   October 27, 2011 J   October 27, 2011 I October 28, 2011 I October 28, 2011 C October 30, 2011 B October 30, 2011 I October 30, 2011 P October 30, 2011 J

   Our sincerest condolences are extended to the Parker and Mitchell families and their friends at this difficult time.

  Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!  We'll Always Have Buckroe!

                          Love to all, Carol

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Carol Buckley Harty
7020 Lure Court
Fayetteville, NC 28311-9309
915-780-3048

All Creatures of Our God and King

Words by Saint Francis of Assisi, circa 1225
(Cantico di fratre sole, Song of Brother Sun). He wrote this hymn shortly before his death, but it was not published
for almost 400 years. Translated to English by William H. Draper for a children’s Whitsuntide festival in Leeds, England;
first appeared in the Public School Hymn Book, 1919;
Music - Lasst Uns Erfreuen, Ausserlesene Catholische Geist­iche Kirchengesäng (Köln, Germany: Peter von Brachel, 1623);
harmony by Ralph Vaughan Williams in The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906)

(courtesy of http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/a/c/acoogak.htm - 05/09/08)
 

All creatures of our God and King,
lift up your voices, let us sing:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou burning sun with golden beams,
thou silver moon that gently gleams,

Refrain:
O praise him, O praise him,
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

Thou rushing wind that art so strong,
ye clouds that sail in heaven along,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Thou rising morn, in praise rejoice,
ye lights of evening, find a voice,

Thou flowing water, pure and clear,
make music for thy Lord to hear,
Alleluia, alleluia!
Thou fire so masterful and bright,
that givest man both warmth and light,

Dear mother earth, who day by day
unfoldest blessings on our way,
O praise him, Alleluia!
The flowers and fruits that in thee grow,
let them his glory also show:

And all ye men of tender heart,
forgiving others, take your part,
O sing ye Alleluia!
Ye who long pain and sorrow bear,
praise God and on him cast your care:

And thou, most kind and gentle death,
waiting to hush our latest breath,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Thou leadest home the child of God,
and Christ our Lord the way hath trod:

Let all things their Creator bless,
and worship him in humbleness,
O praise him, Alleluia!
Praise, praise the Father, praise the Son,
and praise the Spirit, Three in One:

"All Creatures of Our God and King" midi and lyrics courtesy of http://www.oremus.org/hymnal/a/a100.html - 05/09/08

Greg Olsen Paintings courtesy of http://gregolsengallery.com – 03/15/05

Flower Bar Divider Line clip art courtesy of - well, I don't know, but it's been in my files since 01/27/10

Red Hat Society Logo courtesy of http://graywizkid.com/craftyladies/Poem_4.cfm - 06/26/08