December 1, 2001

Delbert Parker

JACKSON, Mo. -- Delbert N. Parker, 71, of Jackson died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau. He was born Nov. 26, 1930, at Seventy-Six, Mo., son of Fred and Hazel McLain Parker. He and Joanne Kimbel were married June 23, 1951...

JACKSON, Mo. -- Delbert N. Parker, 71, of Jackson died Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001, at St. Francis Medical Center in Cape Girardeau.

He was born Nov. 26, 1930, at Seventy-Six, Mo., son of Fred and Hazel McLain Parker. He and Joanne Kimbel were married June 23, 1951.

Parker worked for various barge companies, including Mechling Barge Lines, retiring in 1989.

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Survivors include his wife; two sons, Bradley and Steven Parker of Jackson; two daughters, Debbie Eifert of Flippin, Ark., Rebecca Workman of Jackson; two sisters, Shirley Statler of Jackson, Jackie Huckstep of LaGrange, Ga.; 10 grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by two sons and a daughter.

Friends may call at McCombs Funeral Home in Jackson from 4-8 p.m. today.

Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Harold Althen will officiate. Burial will be in McLain's Chapel Cemetery at Indian Creek, Mo.

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