Dale County AlArchives Photo person.....Mayors of Ozark 1870-1970 ( Wilmer Parker) 
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                       Wilmer Parker
                         1961-1964

  For the past 20 years he has been actively engaged in timber and peanut 
farming.
  He served as member of the Board of Trustees of Mobile College, the newest 
state four-year Baptist college, and was President of the Bogardus S. Cairns 
chapter of AUSA 1964-1965.
  Wilmer Parker has served in numerous civic capacities, having been president 
of the Ozark Kiwanis.Club, the Ozark Quarterback Club, and charter member of 
the Ozark Rotary Club.
  He is now serving as president of the Ozark-Dale County Chamber of Commerce. 
He has also served on the Water Board and the Ozark School Board. He holds 
membership in American Legion Post No. 82 and Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars Post No. 4448.
  He is a member of the Ozark Baptist Church, serving as a deacon since 1948, 
and was minister of music there for 12 years.
  He is married to the former Annie Laura Ragsdale of Ozark. They have three 
children, Wilmer, III, 18; Virginia, 15; andLaura-Louise, 7.
  Wilmer Parker was born in Ozark, Alabama, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilmer Parker, 
Sr. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. James W. Pippin, Sr., and Mr. and 
Mrs. .Stephen D. Parker.
  He graduated from Dale County High School and attended the University of 
Alabama, from which he received a bachelor of science degree in business in 
1943. He also attended Georgetown University, Washington, R C., and the 
University of Alabama Law School.
  A veteran of World War II he fought in the European theatre and was 
discharged as First Lieutenant in 1946, having received a battlefield 
commission with the 102nd "Ozark" Infantry Division.                      
  He served with the Bank of Ozark in several capacities for 17 years, and is 
now serving on the Board of Directors. He is the organizer and a memberof a 
national life insurance company, United Family Life. He is the promoter and 
part owner of Downtown East Shopping Center in Ozark.


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