Extracted from The Lake Charles American Press (Lake Charles, LA)
Monday, February 12, 1962

WADE PARKER

OAKDALE (Spl.) -- Wade H. Parker, 84, of Oakdale, died at 3 a.m. today in an Alexandria hospital.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Ardoin funeral chapel, with the Rev. H. T. Sullivan, pastor of the First Baptist church, officiating.

Burial will be in the Oakdale cemetery.

He is survived by five sons, William, Robert, Elbert, and Harry Parker, all of Oakdale, and James Parker of Kirbyville, Tex.; also six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.