Mary Sojourner

Published 12:00 am Tuesday, February 3, 2009

NATCHEZ — Services for Mary Hart Parker Sojourner, 86, of Natchez, who died Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at Natchez Community Hospital, will be at 11 a.m. today at Westminster Presbyterian Church with the Mr. Clyde Ray Webber officiating.
Burial will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Laird Funeral Home.
Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until service time today at the church.
Mrs. Sojourner was born Feb. 5, 1922, in Natchez, the daughter of Robert Lee Parker Jr. and Ellen Hart Buchanan Parker. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church of Ferriday, where she was a past elder and choir member. She was also a member of Daughters of American Revolution, past member of Good Sams Club and the Pilgrimage Garden Club. She was founder of the Riverland Medical Center Volunteer Program.
Mrs. Sojourner was preceded in death by her husband, Carroll P. Sojourner; and two brothers, Lee Parker III and Ernest B. Parker.
Survivors include one son, Carroll Lee Sojourner and wife, Elizabeth; one daughter, Ellen Hart Depta and husband, Michael Paul; six grandchildren, William Price Sojourner and wife, Josette, Anna Catherine Sojourner, Dr. Brent Buchanan Depta and wife, Heather, Casie Hart Depta and fiancé, Thomas Tregre, Amy Hart Little and husband, Chris, and Marcie Jean Carlton and husband, John; 10 great-grandchildren, Talor Little, Parker Depta, Labryn Depta, Mabry Hart Depta, Caroline Hart Carlton, Elizabeth Ann Sojourner, Julie Peters, Desiree Sojourner, Andre Hart Sojourner and Darrion Tregre; and one sister, Ethel Amanda Baker.
Pallbearers will be Jackie Sojourner, Milton Rawles, Bobby Parker, John Carlton, Thomas Tregre, Price Sojourner and Chris Little.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Baddour Center, P.O. Box 97, Senatobia, MS 38668 or to a charity of choice.
Online condolences may be sent to www.lairdfh.com.