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