Matthew James Parker

The friends and family he left behind couldn't be counted. He collected friends and family like a small child collecting pebbles on a beautiful beach - it was endless.

Parker's personality and love for anime shrone through his harrowing tale of a superhero who could not defeat the nefarious criminal that plagued him far too long - alcoholism.

Some people can go through life without making a single connection. The thread he spun connected a web of loved ones who will allow him to live on forever. He is now an eternal Super Saiyan God created by the pure hearted souls he loved dearly.

Even as a child, he was the perpetual jokester. From getting the young neighborhood kids to go Snipe hunting (there was no Snipe’s-he just loved watching them look) to playing hide and seek till the early mornings knowing his sisters were afraid of the dark. But we still followed him into the darkness, we would've followed him to the ends of the earth. He was the definition of a big brother. Matt had a super power which made people just want to be around him. People would gravitate around him - he had his own gravitational pull.

There are not many memories of Parker being inside, unless when his friends came over and played Mortal Kombat. He had every cheat code memorized, they never stood a chance. If not with his friends playing video games; he was on, in, or around water. Or sitting next to a bonfire, climbing a tree, or practicing MMA moves on his friends (and sisters). The man could never stop moving. Especially as a child.

He has a little brother that got to greet him at the Heaven’s gate, and I am sure Jacob is currently showing him all the prime fishing spots. You will never be alone, Matt. You have a fishing buddy for all eternity. Parker will be forever missed, but never forgotten. Don’t catch all the fish, Matt. Leave some for them for the rest of us.

Celebration of Life - June 21st. Details to follow.