Obituaries: Samuel Walker Parker, Jr., 1972, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Greggory E. Davies, 120 Ted Price Lane, Winnfield, LA 71483
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From: December 13, 1972 Winn Parish Enterprise News-American

Sam W. Parker, Sr., Former Winn Resident, Dies

Funeral services for Samuel Walker Parker, Sr., 69, of Shreveport, were held
Friday at 1 p.m. at Osborn Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Johnny
Hollingsworth of Greenwood United Methodist Church and the Rev. Edgar C.
Dufrense, retired Methodist minister, officiating.  Burial was in Forest Park
West.

Mr. Parker died early Thursday, December 7, 1972 at Willis Knighton Hospital
after a long illness.

A native of Arkansas, Mr. Parker had resided in Winnfield for approximately 30
years before moving to Shreveport.  He was a member of the Methodist Church
and was retired as an engineer from the L & A Railroad.

Survivors include his wife, the former Blondell Dickerson, Winn native; two
sons, Samuel W. Parker, Jr. of Shreveport and John B. Parker of Alexandria;
three daughters, Mrs. Mary Lynn Hancock of Laurel, Miss., Mrs. Sue McGowan and
Mrs. Betty Hartman of Shreveport; one brother, Dr. Ben Parker of Louisville,
Kentucky; two sisters, Mrs. Helen Williams of Celeste, Texas, Mrs. C. D. Bates
of Winnfield, several nieces and nephews, one of whom is Rev. Danny Blake of
Arkadelphia, Ark.