Updated: 18 Apr 2007
The Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma
March 2001
PARKER PRUITT
Helen Ruth (Pruitt) Parker, wife of Charles Garland Parker, died on March 20, 2001 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. She was born on October 14, 1926, in Decatur, Alabama, and was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Pruitt. After graduation from Riverside High School in 1944, she attended Bob Jones College in Cleveland, Tennessee from 1944-46. She was married to her husband, Charles G. Parker of Decatur, Alabama for fifty-four years. She was a member of the Central Baptist Church in Decatur, Alabama for sixty-eight years. During her years of ministry in Decatur she sang with her trio in radio and evangelistic services, served at Central Baptist as a member of the adult choir, and assisted for over twenty years in the special education department of the Sunday School. She served the legal profession as an executive secretary for over twenty-five years.
After moving to Oklahoma City in 1995, Helen Ruth and Charles became members of the Surrey Hills Baptist Church where they sang in the adult choir. She also joined the Surrey Hills Garden Club, and enjoyed playing games with her neighborhood game club as well as substituting for her daughter's Bunco group.
Her parents, four brothers and two sisters, and one son-in-law preceded her in death. Survivors include her husband, Charles; three children, Cheryl (Parker) Scroggins of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Rev. Richard G. Parker and wife Cindy of Perry, Georgia; and Dr. Gregory B. Parker and wife Lori of Bolivar, Missouri; grandchildren Brad and Scott Scroggins of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Andrew and Hannah Parker of Perry, Georgia; Alex and Brianna Parker of Bolivar, Missouri.
Additional survivors include one brother, Robert H. Pruitt of Topeka, Kansas; one sister, Catherine Marie (Pruitt) Watkins of Decatur, Alabama; one brother-in-law, J. Pat Brock of Decatur, Alabama and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Saturday, March 24, at the Central Baptist Church in Decatur, Alabama, Roselawn Memorial Funeral Home officiating. Visitation will be at Roselawn Memorial Funeral Home in Decatur, Alabama on Friday, March 23rd from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Memorial services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, March 29 at Surrey Hills Baptist Church, 12421 North Mustang Road in Yukon, Oklahoma.
SOURCE: OKBits