Beaver Co - Obit for Richard Lee Parker Thanks to http://www.amarillonet.com/ for permission to upload their obits to the USGenWeb Archives. Copyright, http://www.amarillonet.com/ ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** ELMWOOD, Okla. - Richard Lee Parker, 81, died Friday, Feb. 22, 2002. Services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Beaver First Baptist Church with Dr. Don Rogers and Paul Euliss officiating. Burial will be in Pioneer Cemetery by Clark Funeral Service of Beaver. Mr. Parker was born in Beaver County on March 29, 1920, to James William and Mabel Bessie (Kendrick) Parker. He graduated from Beaver High School and was a farmer and dairy rancher all his life. Survivors include his wife, Florene; three sons, Steve Parker of Elmwood, Jimmie Lee Parker of Gene Autry and Rex Allen Parker of Sawyer; two daughters, Nancy Carol Barth of Ashland, Kan., and Sue Ann Hergert of Marienthal, Kan.; two brothers, Walter Parker of Talala and Edward Eugene Parker of Bokchito; four sisters, Lenora Gile of Derby, Kan., Doris Thomas of Elmwood, Maxine Hibbs of Durant and Shirley Shuck of Sangado, Alberta, Canada; 18 grandchildren; 23 great-grandchildren; and a great-great-grandchild. Amarillo Globe-News, Feb. 25, 2002