Gary R. Parker

Gary R. Parker, 68, of Villa Ridge, died at 7:40 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, at Southeast Hospital in Cape Girardeau.

Mr. Parker was born on Aug. 6, 1953, in Cairo, the son of William J. and Betty Louise Miller Parker.

Mr. Parker was a lifelong farmer. He was baptized at the Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church in Pulaski.

He was a former Pulaski County Fair Association board member and a coach for the Olmsted Khoury League.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Betty Louise Parker, on July 19, 2018.

Survivors include his wife, Gail Parker; daughters Brooke (Steve) Robertson and Tammy Parker (Jim Wood); his father, William J. Parker; a brother, Kim (Diane) Parker; a sister, Sheila (Denny) Murphy; grandchildren Noah and Jacob; and many other relatives and friends.

Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 20, at Jones Funeral Home in Villa Ridge. Pastor Larry L. Potts officiated. Interment followed in Green Lawn Memorial Gardens. 

To sign the online guestbook, visit www.jones-funeral.com.

Jones Funeral Home Villa Ridge was in charge of arrangements.