Doug Parker

COLUMBIA -- Doug Parker, 30, formerly of Whitewater, died at 5:55 p.m. Aug. 21, 2002.

Born Feb. 26, 1972, at Cape Girardeau, son of Ronald and Joyce Poston Parker of Whitewater, he was a carpet and trailer salesman at Busenbark Carpet and Trailers in Columbia. A 1990 graduate of Jackson High School, he was a member of the Bethlehem General Baptist Church in Crump and the Boone County Volunteer Fire Department.

Survivors in addition to his parents include: three sons, Brandon Parker and Brent Parker of Chaffee and Brady Parker of Columbia; one brother, David Parker of Delta; his paternal grandparents, Retta and Gerald Lyne of Delta; maternal grandparents, T.H. and Betty Williamson of Golconda, Ill.; and maternal stepgrandmother, Wanda Armstrong of Chino, Calif.

Visitation begins at 4 p.m. Saturday at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee, where services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday. The Rev. Joe Allen will officiate.

Burial will follow in Barks Chapel near Crump.

Pallbearers will be: Brandon Bizzell, Brian Lape, Skip Strader, David Bohnsack, Chris Hornbuckle and James Hornbuckle.