5-Year-Old Shot to Death in Chadbourn, 1946

“Milton Parker, 5, Killed by Shotgun” from the Monday, June 10, 1946, issue of The Robesonian, Lumberton

Chadbourn—Milton Parker, five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Frankie Parker of near Orrum, was accidentally shot when a shotgun went off at the home of Tommie Waters at Barnssville Friday afternoon about 6 o’clock. He was rushed to Fairmont and died shortly after arrival at Dr. Winstein’s clinic.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the home, conducted by the Rev. Jessie Hilburn.

Surviving are his parents, two brothers, James H. Parker and Willie H. Parker, and one sister, Linda Rose Parker.