LAWRENCE "LARRY, ACE" MAXWELL PARKER, JR.,
86, of Denison, passed away on Aug. 6, 2010 at
Texas Health Presbyterian-WNJ in Sherma, TX.
Ace was born was born on April 18, 1924 in
Bremerton, Washington to Lawrence Maxwell
Parker Sr. and Isabell Kennedy Parker. He
married Bertha Mae Franzetti Parker in
June of 1946. They were very happily
married for 64 years. Ace graduated from
the University of Texas in 1953 and started
a career in coaching and teaching that
lasted 40 years. He was a football and
track coach at Ranger Junior College during
the 60s. He touched many lives during that
period.
He is survived by his wife, Bertha Mae of
Denison; one son John (RHS-1967) and his
wife Rebecca of Denison; two daughters,
Vicki Fulfer (RHS-1968) of Austin and
Terri Bolin and her husband Dale of Austin;
one brother, Gene of Austin; one sister,
Virginia of Boerne; six grandchildren, Chad
and Rachel Taylor, Courtney Barker, Chance
Fulfer, Erin Bolin, Stengel Parker and
Dustin Bolin; four great-grandchildren,
Pierce Barker, Parker Taylor, Keegan Bolin,
and Hudson Taylor.