Bill Parker

William Parker


Wednesday, September 15 2010
CLAY - William "Bill" Caroll Parker, 65, of Clay, Ky., passed away Tuesday,
September 14, 2010, at Deaconess Gateway Hospital in Evansville, Ind.
Bill was born February 28, 1945, in Wheatcroft, Ky., to Flint and Lorene
Parker.
He was a U.S. Army veteran, serving in the Vietnam War for which he received
a Purple Heart. He was a member of Wheatcroft Cumberland Presbyterian
Church. He was an avid fisherman and loved all his grandkids. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Flint and Lorene Parker; five sisters,
Emma Jane Collins, Ruby Lanham, Faye Easterling, Wanda Black and Mary Edith
Pendergraff.
Bill was survived by his wife of 19 years, Ruthie; two sons, Billy Joe
Parker and his wife, Tanya, of Dixon, Ky., Jeremy Parker and his wife,
Amber, of La Center, Ky.; one stepson, Mike Grigg and his wife, Rhonda, of
Clay, Ky.; three sisters, Betty Brown of Clay, Ky., LaDonna Pollard of
Wheatcroft, Ky., and Girlene Gilliam of Sebree, Ky.; two brothers, Wendell
and Deon Parker, both of Clay, Ky.; and 13 grandchildren, Brandon Grigg,
Kelly Hanor, Mallory Parker, Wade Parker, Kolby Hanor, Madison Grigg, Blake
Hanor, Landon Grigg, Chrice Parker, Bailey Parker, Kallie Parker, Miley
Parker and Kelsey Hanor.
Funeral services will be conducted Friday, September 17, 2010, at 1 p.m. at
Wheatcroft Cumberland Presbyterian Church with Bro. Dale Williams and Trent
Garrett officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Springs Cemetery in
Wheatcroft, Ky., where military honors will be conducted.
Visitation will be held Thursday from 2:30 until 8 p.m. at Vanover Funeral
Home in Clay, Ky., and Friday from 10 a.m. until service time at the church.
Memorial contributions may be made to Wheatcroft Cumberland Presbyterian
Church Building Fund, P.O. Box 7, Wheatcroft, KY 42463.