Yo 'Tez,' if you can hear my prayers at night, you kno' dat i'm prayin' fo ya mom an' da rest of ya family. It's a real tough time fo evrybody. Anyway, I just want you ta kno' dat your missed an' dat we all luv ya kid. RIP

Martez K.D. Parker, 15-year-old son of Meredith K. Williams of Caroline County and Theresa F. Parson of Spotsylvania County, died Saturday, June 7, 2003, at the Medical College of Virginia Hospitals in Richmond, as the result of an automobile accident. Born in Fredericksburg, he was a student at Thornburg Middle School and a member of Macedonia Community Baptist Church, Woodford. Besides his parents, he is survived by a stepsister, Tangala L. Parson of Fredericksburg; three brothers, Anthony T. Berryman, Marlon K. Parker and Andre J. Parker, all of Spotsylvania; a stepbrother, Craig E. Parson of King George; and his paternal grandmother, Ruth Williams of Spotsylvania. A funeral will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, June 14, at Macedonia Community Baptist Church, with the Rev. C.E. Williams officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The body may be viewed from noon to 4 p.m. Friday at A.L. Bennett Funeral Home, Fredericksburg. The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday and one hour before the funeral on Saturday at the church.