(of a stock, group of stocks, etc.) to be priced or show a change in price as specified at the end of a trading period: The market closed low for the fourth straight day. adjective, closer, closest.
George Washington Carver had both parents in his life. His mother was Mary Carver and his father was Giles Carver.
George Washington's father was Capt. Augustine Washington son of Capt Lawrence Washington & Mildred Warner, his mother was Mary Ball daughter of Col. Joseph Ball & Mary Johnson (Montague). It helps to remeber as far a geneology is concerned a mother is always named by her maiden name not her married.