Rachel Wilkerson Parham, 84, of Oxford passed away Wednesday, December 11, 2024, at her home.
Born in Granville County on January 13, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Robert D. Wilkerson, and Marie E. Currin. Mrs. Parham was a member of Mountain Creek Baptist Church.
Funeral services will be held Monday, December 16, 2024, at 2:00 p.m. at Mountain Creek Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Zac Campbell. Interment will immediately follow at the church's cemetery.
The family will receive friends on Monday, December 16, 2024, at Mountain Creek Baptist Church from 1-2:00 p.m. For all other times, they will be at the home of Mrs. Parham.
Surviving are a daughter, Randie Parham Whitt (Ronnie), and a son, Richard Randolph Parham (Julie); five grandchildren, Ryan Howard Whitt (Amber), Erin Parham Whitt, Archer Randolph Parham, Victor Edmund Parham, and Russell Nelson Parham; and several nieces and nephews. Alongside her parents, she was preceded in death by her late husband of fifty-eight years, Raymond Randolph Parham, one granddaughter, Lee Danielle Whitt, one sister, Margaret Wood, and two brothers, Jimmy Wilkerson, and Robert "Pete" Wilkerson.
Serving as pallbearers will be Derek Wilkerson, Travis Wilkerson, Jeremy Wilkerson, Scott Ayers, Graham Parham, and Jack Blackwell.
Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Mountain Creek Baptist Church's playground fund, P.O. Box 668 Oxford, NC 27565.
Arrangements are by Sossamon Funeral Home of Oxford. Online condolences may be made at www.sossamonfuneralhome.com.