James Harrison Parker, Jr.

© Cheyenne Star

09 Jan 2003

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Funeral services for James Harrison Parker, Jr. will be conducted Tuesday, January 7, 2003 at 2:00 p.m. from the First Baptist Church of Hammon with Stan Baker and Dolan Ivey officiating. Interment will follow in the Red Hill Cemetery, Hammon, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma under the direction of the Martin Funeral Home of Elk City.

James Harrison Parker Jr. was born June 23, 1940 at Sneedsvile, Tennessee to Harrison and Myrtle Trent Parker and passed away Saturday, January 3, 2003 at the age of 62.

He was raised in the Hammon community and has spent most all of his life in Hammon.

He was married to JoAnn Green on August 1, 1958 at Elk City.

Mr. Parker farmed for Oscar Flick, worked at the Co-op and since 1994 has been the safety manager for Roger Mills County.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two sons, Timmy and Jerry Don.

Survivors include his wife, JoAnn Parker of the home; four children, Donnie Parker and his wife, Laronda of Hammon; Shirley Elliott and her husband, Millard of Hammon; Mary Parker and Bambi Parker of Elk City; eight grandchildren; five great grandchildren; three sisters, Minnie Blevins and her husband James of Grove, Oklahoma; Louise Issak and her husband Gene of Hartford, Alabama; and Elizabeth Ann Bright and her husband Ray of Edmond, Oklahoma; as well as other relatives and numerous friends.