McALESTER — The state's oldest prison inmate died Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, officials said.
James Parker, 100, was found not breathing at 12:20 a.m. Thursday in the penitentiary's infirmary. State Corrections Department records show Parker's date of birth as Nov. 7, 1909. He was believed to be the state's only inmate age 100 or older, said department spokesman Jerry Massie. Parker was serving a sentence of life without parole after being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the June 7, 1995, slayings of two women in Tullahassee in Wagoner County. Records indicate Parker was 87 at the time of his conviction. He was known as "Pops" on the yard at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, where he was held when interviewed by the Tulsa World in 2003. Parker told the World the crime was an accident.
(Daily Oklahoman, July 9, 2010)
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James Sherman Parker, Sr., 100, passed from this life on July 8, 2010, in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Porter, OK on November 7, 1909, to Sherd and Ribbie (Harrison) Parker. He attended school at Harrison Chapel in Wagoner County, and was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. He was a farmer. He married Merdie Hitchye and they had seven children. Mr. Parker is survived by daughters: Eloise Lee (James); Purceina Harper (Edgar); son: Sherman Parker, Jr. (Udora); sisters: Lola Dean; Geraldine Craig; brother: Sherd Parker, Jr.; eleven grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughters: Norma Jean Robinson; Rozell Perry; sons: Lewis Parker; Samuel Parker. Viewing will be from 12-8:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14 and 8:30 AM-8:00 PM on Thursday, July 15, at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, 2103 E. 3rd St., Tulsa. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 16, 2010, at Holsey Chapel, 1804 E. 48th N, Tulsa. Interment will be at Green Acres Cemetery. Arrangements provided by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, Tulsa, OK.
(Butler-Stumpff)
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James and Merdie were married Nov. 22, 1930 in Muskogee. She died March 13, 1995.
James Parker, 100, was found not breathing at 12:20 a.m. Thursday in the penitentiary's infirmary. State Corrections Department records show Parker's date of birth as Nov. 7, 1909. He was believed to be the state's only inmate age 100 or older, said department spokesman Jerry Massie. Parker was serving a sentence of life without parole after being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the June 7, 1995, slayings of two women in Tullahassee in Wagoner County. Records indicate Parker was 87 at the time of his conviction. He was known as "Pops" on the yard at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, where he was held when interviewed by the Tulsa World in 2003. Parker told the World the crime was an accident.
(Daily Oklahoman, July 9, 2010)
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James Sherman Parker, Sr., 100, passed from this life on July 8, 2010, in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Porter, OK on November 7, 1909, to Sherd and Ribbie (Harrison) Parker. He attended school at Harrison Chapel in Wagoner County, and was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. He was a farmer. He married Merdie Hitchye and they had seven children. Mr. Parker is survived by daughters: Eloise Lee (James); Purceina Harper (Edgar); son: Sherman Parker, Jr. (Udora); sisters: Lola Dean; Geraldine Craig; brother: Sherd Parker, Jr.; eleven grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughters: Norma Jean Robinson; Rozell Perry; sons: Lewis Parker; Samuel Parker. Viewing will be from 12-8:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14 and 8:30 AM-8:00 PM on Thursday, July 15, at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, 2103 E. 3rd St., Tulsa. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 16, 2010, at Holsey Chapel, 1804 E. 48th N, Tulsa. Interment will be at Green Acres Cemetery. Arrangements provided by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, Tulsa, OK.
(Butler-Stumpff)
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James and Merdie were married Nov. 22, 1930 in Muskogee. She died March 13, 1995.
McALESTER — The state's oldest prison inmate died Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, officials said.
James Parker, 100, was found not breathing at 12:20 a.m. Thursday in the penitentiary's infirmary. State Corrections Department records show Parker's date of birth as Nov. 7, 1909. He was believed to be the state's only inmate age 100 or older, said department spokesman Jerry Massie. Parker was serving a sentence of life without parole after being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the June 7, 1995, slayings of two women in Tullahassee in Wagoner County. Records indicate Parker was 87 at the time of his conviction. He was known as "Pops" on the yard at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, where he was held when interviewed by the Tulsa World in 2003. Parker told the World the crime was an accident.
(Daily Oklahoman, July 9, 2010)
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James Sherman Parker, Sr., 100, passed from this life on July 8, 2010, in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Porter, OK on November 7, 1909, to Sherd and Ribbie (Harrison) Parker. He attended school at Harrison Chapel in Wagoner County, and was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. He was a farmer. He married Merdie Hitchye and they had seven children. Mr. Parker is survived by daughters: Eloise Lee (James); Purceina Harper (Edgar); son: Sherman Parker, Jr. (Udora); sisters: Lola Dean; Geraldine Craig; brother: Sherd Parker, Jr.; eleven grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughters: Norma Jean Robinson; Rozell Perry; sons: Lewis Parker; Samuel Parker. Viewing will be from 12-8:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14 and 8:30 AM-8:00 PM on Thursday, July 15, at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, 2103 E. 3rd St., Tulsa. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 16, 2010, at Holsey Chapel, 1804 E. 48th N, Tulsa. Interment will be at Green Acres Cemetery. Arrangements provided by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, Tulsa, OK.
(Butler-Stumpff)
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James and Merdie were married Nov. 22, 1930 in Muskogee. She died March 13, 1995.
James Parker, 100, was found not breathing at 12:20 a.m. Thursday in the penitentiary's infirmary. State Corrections Department records show Parker's date of birth as Nov. 7, 1909. He was believed to be the state's only inmate age 100 or older, said department spokesman Jerry Massie. Parker was serving a sentence of life without parole after being convicted of two counts of first-degree murder in the June 7, 1995, slayings of two women in Tullahassee in Wagoner County. Records indicate Parker was 87 at the time of his conviction. He was known as "Pops" on the yard at the Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, where he was held when interviewed by the Tulsa World in 2003. Parker told the World the crime was an accident.
(Daily Oklahoman, July 9, 2010)
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James Sherman Parker, Sr., 100, passed from this life on July 8, 2010, in Tulsa, OK. He was born in Porter, OK on November 7, 1909, to Sherd and Ribbie (Harrison) Parker. He attended school at Harrison Chapel in Wagoner County, and was a member of Mt. Bethel Baptist Church. He was a farmer. He married Merdie Hitchye and they had seven children. Mr. Parker is survived by daughters: Eloise Lee (James); Purceina Harper (Edgar); son: Sherman Parker, Jr. (Udora); sisters: Lola Dean; Geraldine Craig; brother: Sherd Parker, Jr.; eleven grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews. He is preceded in death by his parents; wife; daughters: Norma Jean Robinson; Rozell Perry; sons: Lewis Parker; Samuel Parker. Viewing will be from 12-8:00 PM on Wednesday, July 14 and 8:30 AM-8:00 PM on Thursday, July 15, at Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, 2103 E. 3rd St., Tulsa. Funeral services will be at 11:00 AM on Friday, July 16, 2010, at Holsey Chapel, 1804 E. 48th N, Tulsa. Interment will be at Green Acres Cemetery. Arrangements provided by Butler-Stumpff Funeral Home, Tulsa, OK.
(Butler-Stumpff)
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James and Merdie were married Nov. 22, 1930 in Muskogee. She died March 13, 1995.
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