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Extracted from The Winn Parish Enterprise (Winnfield, LA)
Wednesday, April 21, 2004

Ella Elizabeth (Rolen) Parker

Ella Elizabeth (Rolen) Parker, age 82, of Sikes, LA, died Wednesday, April 14, 2004 at Winn Parish Medical Center in Winnfield, LA. She was a member of Sikes Apostolic Church. She was the daughter of the late Joe Rolen and the late Maggie (Oglesbee) Rolen.

Ella Parker was preceded in death by her husband James Alfred Parker; her son Billy Joe Parker; and her grandson Joey Parker.

Funeral services were held at the Sikes Apostolic Church at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 17, 2004, with Rev. H. W. Smith and Rev. David McKeithen officiating. Interment followed at Hurricane Grove Cemetery in Sikes, LA under the direction of Southern Funeral Homes, Winnfield.

Ella Parker is survived by her three daughters, Fran Vines and her husband Roger of Sikes, LA; Lynn Batson and her husband Ray of Nampa, Idaho, Sue Dehn-Johnson and her husband William of West Monroe, LA; one son, James W. Parker and his wife Jean of Bossier City, LA; one sister, Alene Coon of Lynnwood, Washington; five brothers, Charles Rolen of Franklin, Tenn., Eugene Rolen of West Monroe, LA, Donald Rolen of Edmonds, Washington, Connie Rolen of Grayson, LA, and Ronnie Rolen of Lynnwood, Washington; twelve grandchildren; twelve great-grandchildren; and one great-great grandchild.