Mr. Stanford Parker Sr.

Mr. Stanford Parker, Sr., 83, of Thomaston, died Thursday, August 13th, 2015 at Reliance Healthcare and Hospice in Griffin. Funeral services for Mr. Parker will be held on Saturday, August 15th, 2015 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel of the Fletcher-Day Funeral Home with the Rev. Tim South officiating. Burial with military honors will follow in Upson Memorial Gardens. Mr. Parker was born on November 16th, 1931 in Butler, a son of the late Robert L. Parker and Myrtle B. Parker. He was a veteran of the U. S. Air Force. Mr. Parker had worked for the Peerless Division of Thomaston Mills and was later employed by the General Tire Company until his retirement. He attended Mud Bridge Baptist Church. Mr. Parker is survived by his wife, Frances Maudel Bethune Parker; two sons, Stanford (Diann) Parker, Jr., and Robert Thomas (Cathy) Parker, both of Thomaston; two sisters, Catherine Sapp of Thomaston and Betty Jean (Jerry) Herndon of Douglasville; three brothers, Hubert Parker of Thomaston, Newton (Diane) Parker of Augusta and T. J. Parker of LaGrange; four grandchildren, Jonathon Edward Parker of Smyrna, Susan Parker of Murphysboro, TN, Dana (Brandon) Kent of Thomaston and Nathaniel Parker of Corpus Christi, TX; and six great grandchildren. He was preceded in death by a step-grandchild, Joshua Thomas Morgan. The family of Mr. Parker will receive friends at Fletcher-Day Funeral Home on Friday from 5 until 7 pm.