Doug Parker

WHITEWATER, Mo. -- Doug Parker, 30, of Columbia, Mo., died Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2002, in Columbia.

He was born Feb. 26, 1972, in Cape Girardeau, son of Ronald and Joyce Poston Parker.

Parker was a 1990 graduate of Jackson High School, and moved to Columbia six years ago from Whitewater. He was a salesman with Busenbark Carpet and Trailers in Columbia. He was a member of Bethlehem General Baptist Church at Crump and the Boone County Volunteer Fire Department.

Survivors include three sons, Brandon and Brent Parker of Chaffee, Mo., Brady Parker of Columbia; his parents of Whitewater; a brother, David Parker of Delta, Mo.; 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.

Friends may call at Amick-Burnett Funeral Chapel in Chaffee after 4 p.m. Saturday.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Sunday at the chapel, with the Rev. Joe Allen officiating. Burial will be in Barks Chapel Cemetery near Crump, Mo.