Obituaries:  Andrew M. Parker, Sabine Parish       P-626
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Sep 26, 1968
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Andrew M. Parker

  Funeral services for Andrew Martin Parker, 75, a member of an
old Sabine Parish family, were held at Central Baptist Church,
Sunday, Sept. 22. Dr. James E. Carter, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, Natchitoches, officiated.

  Mr. Parker died in the Veteran's Hospital, Big Springs, Texas,
having been a resident of Midland, Texas for many years.

  He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Dorothy Parker, Midland; two
sons, both former residents of Many, Gene Parker, Oxnard, Calif.,
and Mishad, Iran, Gordan Parker, Anchorage, Alaska; five
brothers, J. Curtis, Natchitoches, Claude, Monroe, and Aubrey,
Lake Charles, and Rhese, Sulphur; and two sisters, Mrs. Ruby
Cheney, Corpus Christi, Texas, and Mrs. Maude McVea, Austin,
Texas.

  Pallbearers were Leon Mitchell, John Varnado, Tom Smith, Many;
Edwin Stoker, M. L. Green, Frank Harris, George Rucker,
Natchitoches; and Deloy Ross, Leesville.

  Mr. Parker was retired in 1962 from the Mobil Oil Co. He was
active in civic affairs, having been a past president of
International Toastmasters in Midland. He was also instrumental
in the Dale Carnegie Institute, throughout West Texas and New
Mexico. He was also a Shriner.

  Mr. Parker was considered an authority on the life of Abraham
Lincoln. He lectured to large audiences on the life of the former
president for many years, throughout West Texas and New Mexico.
He had traveled extensively in Illinois, Washington, D. C., and
other states, gathering factual information of Mr. Lincoln.