Ernest Rudelle Parker

Funeral services for Ernest Rudelle Parker, Jr., 72 of Thomasville, will be on Friday January 3, 2002 at 11:00 AM at the Fredonia Baptist Church. Rev. Tommy Kinchen and Rev. Charles Neely will officiate. Interment will follow in the Fredonia Church Cemetery. Mr. Parker died on January 1, 2003 at his residence. The son of Ernest Rudelle Parker, Sr. and Marie Carlton Parker, Mr. Parker was born on April 20, 1930 in Thomas County. On July 23, 1950, he married Mary Lou Darlington Parker, who survives. Mr. Parker served in the United States Air Force. He was retired from Sunnyland, where he was manager of the Credit Union. After retirement from Sunnyland, he became a Superintendent for Parker Construction Co. Mr. Parker was a member of Fredonia Baptist Church. Other survivors include sons and daughters-in-law, Timothy and Jackie Parker, Malory and Debra Parker, Michael Mickey and Sharon H. Parker all of Thomasville; a daughter and son-in-law, Glenda and Darrell Savage of West Palm Beach, Fl and a daughter Tammy Parker of Tifton. Also surviving are three brothers Talmadge Parker and Allen Parker of Thomasville, Danny Parker of Live Oak, Fl., a sister Joyce Patrick of Quitman, 12 grandchildren and several neices and nephews. The family will receive friends from 7 to 9 on Thursday night at Allen & Allen Funeral Home Chapel. Friends and family may sign the on-line guest registry at www.allenfh.com .