GREGORY PARKER, III, the son of Arkimia Smith Pearson and Gregory Parker, Jr., was born on September 1, 1994 in Baltimore, Maryland. He was called home to be with the Lord on Monday, September 19, 2011. Gregory accepted Jesus Christ as his personal Savior and attended New Shiloh Baptist Church. Affectionately called "Man" by his family and close friends, Gregory was quiet and reserved. He truly loved his family and enjoyed spending quality time with them. Gregory's warm personality and kind heartedness will truly be missed by his family and all who knew and loved him. Gregory leaves to cherish his memory; his mother, Arkimia Smith Pearson; father, Gregory Parker, Jr. stepfather, Benjamin Pearson; four sisters, Naqia Shedrick, Courtney Parker, Lyric and Musiq Pearson; brother, Jamon Brown; grandmother, Gwendolyn Hamlin, and Karen Johnson; grandfather, Gregory Parker, Sr. great-grandmother, Bessie Hamlin; six aunts, Dominique Smith, Karen, India, Tamall, Tekia and Jasmine Parker; four uncles, Jamal Smith, Michael Washington, Andre Cooper, and Edward Johnson, III; eight great=-aunts, six great-uncles and one great-great uncle; a devoted friend, Kataya Nelson; and a host of cousins.