Obit of Dr. J.B. Parker, 1946, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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>From the July 26, 1946 Winnfield News-American

Funeral Services For Dr. Parker, 70, Saturday at 2 p.m.

Sikes Physician Dies Of Heart Attack; Had Practiced 40 Years


Funeral services for Dr. J. B. Parker, 70, who died of a heart attack at his
office in Sikes on July 18, were conducted at the Sikes Baptist Church at 2
p.m. Saturday with Rev. Homer Coleman officiating.

Born on November 1, 1875 at Sikes, Dr. Parker was a practicing physician at
Sikes for the past 40 years.

He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Nancy Erskins Parker, of Sikes; one son,
Allen B. Parker of Sikes; six daughters, Mrs. Lena Emmons, Sikes; Misses
Geneva Rose and Nell Parker, Shreveport; Mrs. Irma McGlocklin of Dallas, Tex.,
and Mrs. Everette Moore of Denver, Colo; five brothers, George, M. B., Horace,
Jessie, and Ross Parker, all of Sikes; four sisters, Mrs. Mary Thompson, Mrs.
Nancy Crain, Mrs. Roy Beavers, and Mrs. Eugene Smith, all of Sikes; five
grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.  

Pallbearers were his nephews, Ted Melton, Travis Parker, Darrow Parker,
Lawrence Parker, R. J. Parker, and Hyman Beavers.

(Submitted by Greggory Ellis Davies, Winnfield, Winn Parish, LA.)