SIKESTON -- Willie Parker, 54, died Feb. 23, 2013, at Missouri Delta Medical Center in Sikeston.
Born Oct. 2, 1958, in Sikeston, to the late Milton and Mae Francis Williamson Parker Sr., he was a self-employed landscaper for over 25 years, an employee of Williams Funeral Home as a grave digger for over 20 years and a graduate of Sikeston High School.
He is survived by: three brothers, Henry Parker of Topeka, Kan., and Earl Parker and Milton Parker Jr. of Sikeston; and two sisters, Mary Betts of Charleston and Bertha Parker of St. Louis.
Visitation is scheduled from noon until time of service at 1 p.m. Saturday at West End Baptist Church in Sikeston with the Rev. Calvin Bird of New Covenant Ministries officiating.
Burial will follow in Sunset of Memories Cemetery in Sikeston with Williams Funeral Home of Sikeston in charge of arrangements.