Memorial service for Virginia Ann Parham, 74, Lawton, will be 12:30 p.m. Wednesday in the University Church of Christ with Weldon Flanagan officiating. Mrs. Parham left this life on Friday and went to a better one. Inurnment will be in the columbarium at the Fort Sill National Cemetery, Elgin, under the direction of the Becker Funeral Home & Cremation Service. She was born April 11, 1936 in Williams, Oklahoma, to J.D. and Maude (Benton) Rains. She grew up in the Williams area and attended school there. She married Howard Parham on September 2, 1949 at Fort Smith, Arkansas. She first came to the Lawton area in 1958. Mrs. Parham was a homemaker and enjoyed reading but her life was all about her family. She was a member of the University Church of Christ. She is survived by her husband, of the home; two daughters and sons in law, Beverly and Mick Sparks, Tulsa, and Sherry and Charles Riner, Lawton; a son, Howard Parham, Jr., Boston, Massachusetts; nine grandchildren, Scott Jenkins, Brandon Mashburn, Kristopher Riner, Lance Cox, Stephen Riner, Lacey Robinson, Victoria Riner, Cassie Parham and Andrew Parham; ten great grandchildren; a sister and brother in law, Gertrude and Henry Mize, Fort Smith, Arkansas; many nieces and nephews and her precious poodle, "Pepper". Her parents, six sisters, Beulah Gleason, Jewell Gleason, Maudie Fountain, Bernice Hopson, Fay Anderson and Grace Rains, and a brother, Elmer Faultner, preceded her in death. Memorial contributions may be made to the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105