RITA LAURA GALLAGHER PARKER, 93, passed
away on Sept. 7, 201, with burial in Bluebonnet
Hills Memorial Park in Colleyville, TX.
She was born on Oct. 10, 1921, in Ranger, TX, to
Clarence Daniel Gallagher & Alta Louise Newman
Gallagher. Rita attended Ranger High School in
the Class of 1938. In May of 1944, she married
Richard James Parker and lived in Byron, MN until
1951. In 1951, she moved to Arlington, TX, and
resided there until 1986 when she moved to Cisco,
TX. In 1991, she moved to Katy, TX, where she
became a member of the First Baptist Church.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Richard
James Parker; her sisters, Betty Gallagher Bohan
(RHS-1945), Marie Gallagher Daskevich (RHS-1942)
and Bert Gallagher Allen (RHS-1952); & her grand-
daughter, Shannon Renee Parker.
She is survived by her children, Kenneth Parker
and his wife Barbara of Leander, TX, Peggy Williams
and her husband Jack of Montrose, CO, Paul Parker
and his wife Brenda of Temple, TX, Virginia Ginger
Lamb and her husband Richard of Etoile, TX, and
Cathy Murphree and her husband Dennis of Brookshire,
TX; grandchildren, Kelly Reynolds and her husband
Stephen of Waco, TX, Heather Christie & her husband
Mark of Pflugerville, TX, Keith Parker and his wife
Resena of Lubbock, TX, Stephanie Holsinger and her
husband Kenny of Montrose, CO, Laura Bannerman and
her husband Chris of Katy, TX, Amy Swinney and her
husband Scott of McAllister, OK, Heath Parker of
Denison, TX, Faith Lamb of Etoile, TX, Rachel Graham
and her husband Kevin of Etoile, Stephanie Morrison
and her husband Joey of Katy, TX, Kevin Murphree and
his wife Tiffany of Katy, and Hannah Nesevitch and
her husband Noah of Guthrie, OK; great grandchildren,
Parker, Peyton and Paige Christie, Sarah, Jackson and
Carolyn Reynolds, and Kaleb and Addie Swinney, Alyssa
Holsinger, Hope and Helen Bannerman, Oscar, Otto and
Opal Parker, Eli, Faith, Thomas and Mariah Graham,
Jenna and Jase Morrison, Kyle Murphree and Ariel
Nesevitch; and her sister, Pat Gallagher (RHS-1957)
of Arlington, TX.