Obituary for Jimmy D. Parker
Funeral services for Mr. Jimmy D. Parker of Winnsboro will be 2:00PM Saturday, January 7, 2023 at First United Pentecostal Church of Winnsboro with Bro. Mark Powell, Bro. Floyd Hawthorne, and Bro. Peyton Parker officiating. Interment will follow at Harris Cemetery near Winnsboro under the direction of Young's Community Memorial Winnsboro. Visitation will be from 12:00PM until time of service Saturday at the church.
Mr. Parker was born September 10, 1936 in Winnsboro, LA and passed from this life on January 5, 2023 in Winnsboro, LA at the age of 86. He was a graduate of Winnsboro High School and served in the United States Navy as a medic. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed vegetable gardening, fishing, hunting, especially squirrel and deer hunting, and cooking, with his specialty being his fish fry’s. He loved cooking for family and for reunions and family “get-together’s”, for he loved his family and enjoyed spending time with the ones he loved. Jim was a lifelong, faithful member of First UPC of Winnsboro where he as actively involved as Sunday school teacher, usher, prison ministry and the leader of the men’s prayer group. He was deeply devoted to and loved his church where he held the record for 13 years of perfect Sunday school attendance. Church was his life, but above anything else, he loved Jesus, his savior and friend, and enjoyed spending time praying and reading his Bible. His favorite scripture was Psalms 122:1, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Jim Parker will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is preceded in death by his daughter, Deborah Parker; his parents, Julian "Duney" Parker, Jr. and Colie Howie Parker; one brother, Don Parker; and one sister, Margaret Bennett "Net" Bradley.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Peggy Allen Parker of Winnsboro; his children, Danny Parker of Monroe, and Donna Cowart and husband, Marty of Winnsboro; two brothers, Tyrone Parker and wife, Judy of Bossier City, Peyton Parker and wife, Joyce Kay of Winnsboro; three sisters, Mary Ann Carrington, Gloria Williams, and Dixie Newman, all of Winnsboro; five grandchildren, Savannah Williamson and husband, Daniel, Nicole Parker, Leah Cowart, Wesley Cowart and Evan Parker; three great-grandchildren, Dylan Williamson, Blayne Parker and Hannah Williamson; also survived by a host of extended family and friends.
Pallbearers will be nephews David Carrington, Robert Wayne Parker, Daniel Parker, Adam Carrington, Jerry Simmons, Timothy Parker, and Johnny Sproles. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Heath, Simmie Ray Welch, Shelby Johnson, Jerry Martin, Michael Wright, Dewayne Day and John Comeaux.
Mr. Parker was born September 10, 1936 in Winnsboro, LA and passed from this life on January 5, 2023 in Winnsboro, LA at the age of 86. He was a graduate of Winnsboro High School and served in the United States Navy as a medic. He was an avid outdoorsman and enjoyed vegetable gardening, fishing, hunting, especially squirrel and deer hunting, and cooking, with his specialty being his fish fry’s. He loved cooking for family and for reunions and family “get-together’s”, for he loved his family and enjoyed spending time with the ones he loved. Jim was a lifelong, faithful member of First UPC of Winnsboro where he as actively involved as Sunday school teacher, usher, prison ministry and the leader of the men’s prayer group. He was deeply devoted to and loved his church where he held the record for 13 years of perfect Sunday school attendance. Church was his life, but above anything else, he loved Jesus, his savior and friend, and enjoyed spending time praying and reading his Bible. His favorite scripture was Psalms 122:1, “I was glad when they said unto me, Let us go into the house of the LORD.” Jim Parker will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him.
He is preceded in death by his daughter, Deborah Parker; his parents, Julian "Duney" Parker, Jr. and Colie Howie Parker; one brother, Don Parker; and one sister, Margaret Bennett "Net" Bradley.
Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Peggy Allen Parker of Winnsboro; his children, Danny Parker of Monroe, and Donna Cowart and husband, Marty of Winnsboro; two brothers, Tyrone Parker and wife, Judy of Bossier City, Peyton Parker and wife, Joyce Kay of Winnsboro; three sisters, Mary Ann Carrington, Gloria Williams, and Dixie Newman, all of Winnsboro; five grandchildren, Savannah Williamson and husband, Daniel, Nicole Parker, Leah Cowart, Wesley Cowart and Evan Parker; three great-grandchildren, Dylan Williamson, Blayne Parker and Hannah Williamson; also survived by a host of extended family and friends.
Pallbearers will be nephews David Carrington, Robert Wayne Parker, Daniel Parker, Adam Carrington, Jerry Simmons, Timothy Parker, and Johnny Sproles. Honorary pallbearers will be Jack Heath, Simmie Ray Welch, Shelby Johnson, Jerry Martin, Michael Wright, Dewayne Day and John Comeaux.