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Submitted by: Jo Aguirre

Thelma E. (Weaver) Parker

July 9, 1951 ~ January 28, 2026

Thelma E. Parker, 74-year-old rural Afton resident, passed away on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at the Saint Francis Vinita Hospital. She was born on July 9, 1951, in Locust Grove, Oklahoma to R. J. and Lois V. (Cox) Weaver. Thelma played the Piano and was in the Duck Creek Band, playing at many local venues, she also was enjoyed playing tennis. She lived in Tulsa, before coming to the Grand Lake area forty-one years ago. Thelma married Donald Parker in 1987, in Miami. She worked for many years in checkout at Reasor’s in Langley.

She was preceded in death by her parents and a son, Brian Carver.

The family includes her husband Donald of the home; her children, Patrick Thomas of Bixby, Jerry Thomas of Lawton, Curtis Carver of Tahlequah; siblings, Jimmy Weaver, Greg Weaver, Wanda Weaver; eight grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

The family will have a private service. Online condolences may be made at www.highsmithfh.com or the funeral home Facebook page. Arrangements are in the care of the Burckhalter-Highsmith Funeral and Cremation Services of Vinita. “Vinita’s only locally family owned and operated funeral home.”

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