Memorial service for Jean Parker will be 11:30 AM Thursday, November 2, 2017 in the Becker-Rabon Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Jay Driskill, Senior Adults/Evangelism Director of Cameron Baptist Church officiating.

Placement in the Columbarium Wall will follow at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, OK.

Jean Parker, 70, passed away on Saturday, October 28, 2017 in Lawton. Jean was born March 8, 1947 in Loris, SC. She married Ralph A. Parker on October 7, 1965 in Dillon, SC and they were married for 52 years.

Jean and Ralph lived several places before settling in Lawton. While in Lawton, Jean worked as an operating manager for Montgomery Wards for several years. She enjoyed the outdoors tending to her garden and going to the Wichita Mountains and walking her dogs. Her biggest thrill however was to go shopping with the grandchildren and spending time with family and friends.

Jean is survived by her husband of the home, daughter, Christine Gardner and her husband Jay of Athens, Greece, son, Matt Parker and his wife Tiffany and their children Mattison and Neelie Parker of Haslet, TX, son James Johnston, her mother, Mildred Pope, sisters, Wanda Steines and Pam Pope, sister-in-law, Debra Pope, and many other nieces, nephews, and cousins.

Jean was preceded in death by her father, Vernon Pope and two brothers, Wayne and David Pope.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army, the Lawton Animal Shelter or to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.