A Celebration of Life Service was held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, at Friendship Baptist Church in Grenada for Mr. John Womack Parker, 75, of Grenada, who died on Sunday, Aug. 4, at his residence. The Rev. Tim McCaffrey and the Rev. Truman Scarborough officiated. The family received friends from 1 p.m. until service time Saturday, Aug. 10, at the church.
John was born on June 2, 1949, in Grenada, the son of the late Carl Allen Jr. and the late Sylvia Womack Parker. He enjoyed a long career in sales with Kraft Foods. Following retirement, he enjoyed testing his skills at woodworking and making furniture. He was also a devoted member of the Geeslin Corner Coffee Club, which meets at the Ole Corner Store daily. John enjoyed worshiping with other believers at Friendship Baptist Church in Grenada.
Survivors include, his wife, Ann Strahan Parker; four daughters, Kim Parker (Stephen Shirley) of Moss Point, Carrie Parker (Hunter Richardson) of Pascagoula, Dawn Terry (John) of Holcomb and Danielle Ward (Leighan Hayes) of Grenada; two sons, John Parker Jr. of Coffeeville and Doug Ward (Brandy) of Holcomb; brother, Allen Parker (Brenda) of Winfield, La.; 12 grandchildren, Jeffrey Nicholson, Mia Blythe, Tripp Parker, Dalton Brown, Kaylee Robinson, Jake Ward, Jennifer Ward, Triston Jones, Peyton Clardy, Clayton Walls, Trent Walls and Torie Costilow and seven great grandchildren.
Those honored to serve as honorary pallbearers included Jerry Adams, Lynn Blaylock, Eddie Brandon, David Kilgore, Ricky Koonce, Dwayne Lane, Samy McCracken, Buddy Mitchell, Larry Pickle, Buzzy Revell, Paul Rocconi, Jesse Rogers, Don Thomas, Dale Waller and David Wilbourn.
Online condolences can be expressed to the family at www.mckibbenandguinn.com
McKibben and Guinn Funeral Service in Grenada was in charge of arrangements.
