Funeral services will be held at 3:00 PM, Monday, April 7, 2025 in the Fisher Chapel at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, Columbus, Georgia. Reverend Mike McBride will officiate, and interment will follow in Parkhill Cemetery. The family will receive on hour prior to the service. Burial will be in Parkhill Cemetery with Military Honors.
SFC (RET.) Parker was born May 9, 1931, in Blanche, Alabama, son of the late R.L., and Lois Parker. He retired from the Army on July 1, 1974, after 22 years of service, which included serving in the Korean and Vietnam Conflicts. Following his military career, he served with the Veterans Administration for 19 years in management and retired in August of 1993. SFC (RET.) Parker was a former member of Trinity Temple Assembly of God Church.
Mr. Parker is preceded in death by his wife, Mary, and his Parents, R.L. and Lois Parker, two brothers, Leonard Parker and Roy Parker and one sister, Betty Parker Hale.
Survivors include his daughter, Patricia Ann Blackburn (Norm) of Sterling, CO; two grandchildren, Rebekah Anne Sheneman of Wellington, CO and Stephen B. Blackburn (Verity) of Trinidad, CO; four great grandchildren, Ellie and Andrew Sheneman, and Adriel and Silas Blackburn; one brother, Robert Parker of Cameron, LA.