Allard Richard Parker

Dateline-Waterloo, SC,

Rev. Allard Richard Parker, age 87 and a resident of the Martha Franks Baptist Retirement Center, died Wednesday, June 11, 2008.
He was born in Williamsburg, SC and was a son of the late Isaac and Jeannie F. Parker.
Mr. Parker was a retired minister of 35 years, a member of the Wattsville Church of God of Prophecy and a WW II veteran.
Surviving are three sons, Terry Parker, Allen Parker, James Parker all of Waterloo, SC; two daughters, Miriam Newman of Camden, Tammy Quarles of Waterloo; one brother, Johnny Parker of Florence, SC; sixteen grandchildren and twenty-eight great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Doris C. Parker, a son, Earl Lee Parker and a daughter, Richardean Parker, six brothers and two sisters.
Funeral services will be conducted at Friday, June 13th at11:00 a.m. in the Gray Funeral Home Chapel in Laurens with burial in the Waterloo Cemetery.
The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the funeral home.
The family will be at the home of his son, James Parker, 463 Burton Creekside Rd., Waterloo, SC.
Condolences may be expressed to the family at www.grayfuneralhome.com
Gray Funeral Home of Laurens