J.J. *Jake* Parker

J.J. "Jake" Parker was born on the family homestead in Beaver County, Oklahoma on September 13, 1929 to Reuben Anderson and Flora Elizabeth (Patee) Parker. He attended school and he became a rancher his entire life. Jake married Audrey Wright on February 15, 1957 in Clayton, New Mexico. Jake was a member of the American Quarter Horse Association.

Jake died on March 23, 2014 at the age of 84 in the Beaver County Memorial Hospital.

He is survived by his wife, Audrey, of Beaver, Oklahoma; his daughters, Trecia McDonald, Tyrone, Oklahoma, Brenda Gordon of Edmond, Oklahoma, LaNae Oliver of San Antonio, Texas, Joy Fitts of Beaver, Oklahoma; his brother, Otto "Corky" Parker of Beaver, Oklahoma; his sisters, Lucille Dejonge of Jones, Nebraska, Louise Behrends, Jones, Nebraska and Ima Loftin, Amarillo, Texas; ten grandchildren, six great grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.