Byron Nay Parker, Jr. Obituary (1965

Mr. Byron Nay Parker, Jr., age 59, of Deputy, Indiana entered this life on August 10, 1965 in Scottsburg, Indiana. He was the loving son of Byron Nay, Sr. and Dorothy Mae Lee Parker. He was raised near Deputy on the family farm and graduated in 1984 from Madison Consolidated High School. While in high school he joined the National Guard and was inducted into the United States Army and was honorably discharged. In January 1993, he was united in marriage to Emily Lynch and this union was blessed with sons, Michael and James. He worked in the Amusement Ride Industry, having served as a supervisor first with Parker Diggers Amusements in Zephyrhills, Florida and then with Tinsley Amusements in Missouri. He had resided back in the Deputy community the past 20 years, helping around the family farm. He was a member of the Lick Branch Baptist Church and enjoyed hunting and fishing. Byron died on Wednesday, July 16, 2025, at his home near Deputy, Indiana. Please Click Here to View the Video Tribute Please Click Here to View the Funeral Service Recording A LOVING FAMILY Byron will be missed by his loving mother, Dorothy Mae Lee Parker of Deputy, Indiana; his sons, Michael Parker of Iowa, James Parker of Madison, Indiana; his grandchildren, Myrah, Keagen, Landyn, and Madelyn; his brother, Kevin Parker of Deputy, Indiana; his sister, Rhonda Machelle Parker Weddell and her husband, Jim of Vallonia, Indiana; his niece and his nephew, Sydney Weddell and Quincy Weddell; his aunts and his uncles, Carolyn and Robert Spellman of Deputy, Indiana, Donnie Lee of Austin, Indiana, Junior and Evelyn Lee of Deputy, Indiana, Delbert and Catherine Parker of Zephyrhills, Florida; several cousins and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his father, Byron Nay Parker, Sr., died May 1, 2010, his grandparents, James C. and Pearl O. Parker and Elwood and Thelma Lee, his aunts and his uncles, Connie Lamb, Ronnie "Mouse" Lee, Linda Deaton, Jane McIntosh, Vean Darringer, Ethel Lamb, Clyde Parker, Frank Parker. FUNERAL CEREMONY Funeral services will be conducted Friday, July 25, 2025, at 11:00 a.m., by Pastor Darrin Wan and Pastor Jimmy Butters at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. Interment will follow in the Lick Branch Cemetery,13465 W SR 256 Deputy, Indiana VISITATION Friends may call Thursday, July 24, 2025, from 4:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. and Friday, July 25, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centre, 325 Demaree Drive in Madison, Indiana. MILITARY HONORSA final salute with military honors will be provided by the Major Samuel Woodfill Post No. 9 of the American Legion. MEMORIAL EXPRESSIONS Memorial contributions may be made to the Lick Branch Cemetery or the Byron Parker, Jr. Remembrance Fund. Cards are available at the Morgan & Nay Funeral Centres of Madison and Hanover. Online condolences, remembrances and memorials can be left at www.morgan-nay.com To Place An Online Memorial Donation To send a flower arrangement in memory of Byron Nay Parker, Jr., please click here to visit our sympathy store.