Obituaries:  J. D. Parker, Jr., Sabine, Natchitoches Parish       P-626
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., May 22, 1991
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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J. D. Parker, Jr.

  J. D. Parker Jr., age 62, died Saturday, May 18, at the Texas
Heart Institute in Houston, after a brief illness. Funeral
services were held in Marthaville, La., at Jennings Chapel, with
interment in the adjoining cemetery, on Tuesday, May 21, at 12
noon.

  J. D. retired from Texas Eastern Transmission Corp., after 35
years of service. His retirement in 1985 brought him to his
beloved farm in the special community of Marthaville in
Natchitoches Parish. Aside from building a wonderful home and
farm for his family, he was proudest of being instrumental in the
development of the Bethany Volunteer Fire Department. At the time
of his death, J. D. Was Chairman of the Board of Fire Protection
District #7 in Natchitoches Parish. He was a charter member of
the Troop, former Executive Director of Corporate Information
Services for Texas Eastern, former Fire Chief, Bethany Volunteer
Fire Department. J. D. was a member of Martin-McClanahan Masonic
Lodge #384 F&AM in Bossier City, past President of the Shreveport
DPMA, past International President of the Data Processing
Management Association, and former member of Shreveport Chamber
of Commerce. He received his executive MBA from the Darden School
of the University of Virginia., He also attended Centenary
College in Shreveport.

  "I have lost a great friend" is the sentiment expressed by J.
D.'s friends and family. He leaves behind to continue his work on
earth, his loving wife and friend for 38 years, Patsye; his two
sons, Jimmy, and Jerry; Jerry's wife, Melissa; and their
daughter, Kayla; one daughter, Georgia Lynn Hilton; her husband,
Michael; and their son, Michael Jr. He was a great husband, dad
and Paw-Paw.

  The family requests that in lieu of flowers, memorials may be
made to the Bethany Volunteer Fire Department, Marthaville, La.,
or to the charity of the donor's choice.