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Submitted: 8/7/21 • Approved: 8/8/21 • Last Updated: 8/11/21 • R445334-G445332-S3
Fred M.
October 1, 1901-July 17, 1981
Ella Joe
February 17, 1902-November 7, 1975
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Fred M.
West Virginia, Births Index, 1804-1938
Name: F M Parker
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1901
Birth Place: Tyler, West Virginia
Birth County: Tyler
Father: J R Parker
Mother: Jennie Parker
FHL Film Number: 850570
Texas Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Frederick Parker
Death Date: 17 Jul 1981
Death County: Hutchinson
Gender: Male
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Frederick Merle Parker
Birth Date: 1 Oct 1901
Birth Place: West Virginia
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Rural, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: James R. Parker
Mother: Virginia Baker
Age at Death: 79
Death Date: 17 Jul 1981
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
*Obituary Ella Joe
Final rites for Mrs. Ella Joe Parker, 73, of 102 B Avenue, Phillips, are at 2 p.m. Monday in Johnson Park Church of Christ with Gary Dennis, minister, officiating.
Interment in Highland Park Cemetery will be directed by Minton Mortuary.
Mrs. Parker died at 11:50 p.m. Friday in North Plains Hospital. A retired registered nurse, Mrs. Parker received her training in General Hospital, Wichita Falls. She was one of the first nurses in the early days of Borger, and was superintendent of Dixon Creek Hospital. She later worked at Pantex Hospital in Phillips where the late Dr. W.W. Brooks practiced.
She also served at North Plains Hospital for many years before retiring in 1949 due to a coronary attack.
Mrs. Parker was a charter member of the Church of Christ of Borger. The church was organized in a school building in the part of Borger that was called Isom. She was a member of Johnson Park Church of Christ.
Surviving are the husband, Fred, and son, Fred M. Parker Jr. of Lima, Ohio; stepson, Frank Donham of Lafayette, La.; stepdaughter, Mrs. Phyllis Smith of La Habra, Calif.; two brothers, Tom Dimock of Cathedral City, Calif., and Floyd Dimock of Cameron; sister, Mrs. Lily Waite of Lamar, Colo.; and seven grandchildren.
Casket bearers will be Ed Pennington, George Bundrick, Cleo Myers, Fuzzy Bonner, Bob Stephens, and H.B. Umbarger.
Memorials may be made to High Plains Childrens Home in Amarillo.
(Published in Borger News Herald, November 9, 1975)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Ella Joe Parker
[Ella Joe Dimock]
Birth Date: 17 Feb 1902
Birth Place: Iowa Park, Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Spouse: Fred Parker
Father: Jack Dimock
Mother: Eliza Jane Hayes
Age at Death: 73
Death Date: 7 Nov 1975
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Contributed on 8/7/21
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