TO THE CHAPTER INVISIBLE
Dr. Edgar Parker 1936-2022 Dentist, U.S. Army
the 2009 regional tourna- ment earned the team its first NCAA Tournament berth. The 2009 tourna- ment berth was historical as the team was the first HBCU golf team to make the championship in almost 40 years. McDougal has coached 5 Golf All-Amer- icans and CIAA Most Valuable Players, eight CIAA Tournament Medalists and 44 All-CIAA Performers. He has also earned 12 CIAA Coach of the Year awards. He retired in 2014 and in 2018 he was inducted into the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) Hall of Fame. Well over sixty years in the fraternity, his son Raymond, Jr. (Epsilon Beta 1992), along with other brothers from Epsilon Beta and the Fayetteville (NC) Alumni chapters, presented him with his official 50-year cream blazer. Broher Raymond McDon- gal Sr., is survived by his wife, Mary Ann Young-Mc- Dougal. He leaves to cherish his memory his son, Ricardo (Roslyn) Grant; his children from his previous marriage, Cheryll (Craig) Douglas, Kathryn (Eric) Algood, Marcia McDougal, Ramona (Marco) Castillo-Sego- viano, and Ray (Cherise) McDougal. ♦
F or many years, Dr. Edgar Parker (Pi 1956) was the vital dental care provider for the under- served in Albany, GA and its five surrounding coun- ties. Edgar Parker entered the Chapter Invisible on January 12, 2022, at age 83. On August 16, 1936, Parker was born the second of five children born to Rosa (née Bell) Parker and Walter Parker of West Point, GA. After graduating from West Point, Georgia’s 10th Street High School, Parker
force of black medical professionals sparked an invitation to Dr. Parker. In 1968, instead of settling in Atlanta as planned, Parker moved to Albany to join Dr. Gordon. Later, in 1970, Dr. Gordon recruited Dr. James Hubbard. This trio resulted in constructing a shared professional building, the GOHUPAD CLINIC. The construction of GOHUPAD CLINIC was hampered by the refusal of a local bank to provide financing. The group, however, secured an SBA loan through the help of Georgia U.S. Senator Herman Talmadge (D-GA) and his assistant Curtis Atkinson. The trio later recruited Dr. Gregg Parker, an OB/GYN (and sibling of Brother Parker), Dr. Charlie Humphries, an OB/GYN, and Dr. Willie Adams, an OB/GYN. Parker was the first dentist of color south of Macon with membership to the American Dental Association, Georgia Dental Association, and Southwest Georgia Dental Association
(1968). He also joined the National Dental Association and the Georgia Dental Society. He served the Urban League program, the Head Start program, and the Medicaid program. Parker was among seven Georgia dentists recognized by the North Georgia divi- sion of the Georgia Dental Society at the 2010 inau- gural annual Trailblazers for Dentistry award at the “Bridging the Gap Lun- cheon” in Atlanta. Parker retired from dentistry in 2015 after 50 years. He was a member of Hines Memorial CME Church of Albany, GA, and the Criterion Club. Brother Edgar Parker is survived by his sons Edgar (Agatha) Parker, Jr., Phillip T. Parker, granddaughter Briana, brothers, Pearson T. (Bernice) Parker (Pi 1954), Dr. Gregg (Merita) Parker (Kappa 1964); sister, Mrs. Emily Reed; and a host of relatives, close friends, professional colleagues, and former patients. ♦
received a full-tuition scholarship to historic Morehouse College in
Atlanta, GA. Parker earned a B.S. degree in 1960 from Morehouse. He earned in 1966 a D.D.S degree from the Meharry Medical College School of Dentistry in Nashville, TN. After Meharry, Parker served in the U.S. Army at Fort Riley, KS, where he met fellow Georgian Lt. Col. Dr. Walter Carl Gordon, Jr. Dr. Gordon’s vision of returning to Albany and recruiting an accompanying
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