From: Sherri Hall [ldrbelties@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 5:34 PM
To: KY-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: [KYF] OBIT: Benny Ray Parker, 2002, Franklin & Lincoln Co. 

>From the Danville Advocate Messenger, 2 July 2002

STANFORD -- Services for Benny Ray Parker, 57, of Morris Lane will 
be 10 a.m. Thursday at Fox Funeral Home by the Rev. Amy T. Barkman. 
Burial will be in Peaks Mill Cemetery, Frankfort.

He died Sunday at his home. 

Born Oct. 8, 1944, in Franklin County, he was the son of the late 
John W. and Nancy Ann Clark Parker. He was a retired toll technician 
for BellSouth where he worked for 35 years and had served in the 
Kentucky National Guard, Frankfort Division, for 18 years. 

Survivors include his wife, Patty Reed Parker; a son, Zachary R. 
Parker of Stanford; two daughters, Michelle R. Parker Weigel of 
Junction City and Lisa R. Parker Gurkin of Orange Park, Fla.; a 
brother, Bob Parker of Bagdad; and four grandchildren.

Pallbearers will be Zak and Bob Parker, Ralph Burnside, Thomasson 
Smith, Rick Tucker, Ernest Hensley and Jeff Gurkin. Honorary
pallbearer are Jack Casey, Johnny Coffman, Bill Garrett, Tim 
and Chris Moore, Scott Gardner, Johnny Sams and Jack Judy.

Visitation will be 6-9 p.m. Wednesday.

Memorials may to Kentucky Telephone Pioneers Foundation, 5050 
Corporate Way, Richmond, 40475, attention Kevin Howard.

 

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