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Gracie Lorena Parker
(June 16, 1918 - May 30, 2013)

Mrs. Gracie Lorena Parker, age 94 of Sikes, Louisiana passed away Thursday, May 30, 2013.

Born Sunday, June 16, 1918 in Sikes, Louisiana, she was a charter member of Sikes Apostolic Church since 1948.

Mrs. Parker was preceded in death by her parents, John Willis and Emaline Womack Willis; husband, Rev. Essie Parker; four sisters, Bertha Erskins, Lottie Buchan, Donnis Stroud and Ophelia Adams; two brothers, Alson Willis and Elvin Willis.

Those left to cherish her memory include her four daughters, Joanne Rowell and husband J.E., Keithville, LA, Alice Baker, Shreveport, LA, Reba Berry and husband Jerry, Sikes, LA and Rita Crotwell and husband Robert, Shreveport, LA; two sons, Roger Parker, Sikes, LA and Mickey Parker and wife Beth, Sikes, LA; 12 Grandchildren, 22 Great Grandchildren, 4 Great Great Grandchildren.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, June 01 at Southern Funeral Home, from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM , and again on Sunday, June 02 from 12:00 PM until time of services.

Funeral services will be held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, June 02, 2013 at Southern Funeral Home with Rev. Joel Hines, Rev. Roger Pete and Rev. E.R. Johnson officiating. Interment will follow in Hurricane Grove Cemetery, in Sikes.

Serving the family as pallbearers will be Wayne Rowell, Marty McGuffie, Terry Womack, Shane Crotwell, Steven Baker, Todd Parker, Micheal Parker and Christopher Baker.