Cherokee Municipal Cemetery, Alfalfa County, Oklahoma

CHEROKEE — Graveside service for Garold Parker, 78, is 9 a.m. Tuesday, July 19, 2011, at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery. Arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc. Viewing: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., 5-7 with family, Monday, July 18.

Garold was born to Frank and Marie Stark Parker May 17, 1933, and died July 13, 2011, in Enid.

He married Marilyn Garner February 22, 1953, in Waynoka.

Surviving are wife Marilyn; children Darrell, Dale, Debbie and Donnie; 10 grandchildren; 19 great-grandchildren; and sisters Golda and Letha.

He was preceded in death by siblings Dean, Elmer and Alta and brother-in-law Leslie. www.lanmanmemorials.com.

Marilyn Garner Parker

© Enid News and Eagle

02-15-2014

Submitted by: Glenn

ENID, Okla. — September 21, 1936 – February 11, 2014

Marilyn was born to Susie Bayliff Garner and Glenn Garner on a farm near Cherokee and passed from this life in Enid.

She attended Cherokee schools and later Beeches Beauty School.

She married Garold Parker on Feb. 21, 1953, in Waynoka, Okla. Marilyn and Garold had four children, Darrell, Dale, Debbie and Donnie. They lived in Waynoka and Hoisington, Kan., before returning to Cherokee.

Marilyn owned and operated Marilyn's Beauty Shop for many years. She worked with Dr. Doutey at the vet clinic and sale barn. Marilyn custom harvested with her family and ran Double D Kennel for more than 30 years. She later raised goats with her husband.

She enjoyed helping with the Western Belles and the local 4-H and FFA clubs. She taught dog obedience and showed on the AKC dog circuit. She enjoyed raising animals and watching sports.

She was preceded in death by her husband; her parents; sisters-in-law, Alta Dannar and Pat James; and brothers-in-law, Leslie Lyon, Howard Dannar, Dean Parker and Elmer Parker.

Marilyn is survived by her children, Darrell Parker, Dale Parker and Donnie and Karen Parker, all of Cherokee, and Debbie and Gary Stoner of Carmen; 10 grandchildren; 24 great-grandchildren; sisters-in-law, Golda Lyon of Cherokee, Letha and Kenneth Ellison of Stark City, Mo., and Irene Dannar and Verna Davidson of Waynoka; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.

Graveside service for Marilyn will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014, at Cherokee Municipal Cemetery, with arrangements by Lanman Funeral Home Inc., Cherokee. Viewing will be 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 15, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be given to Carmen United Methodist Church Building Fund through the funeral home.

(Submitted by family)

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