Richard Dee Parker: Our Family History

Generation: 1

Richard Dee Parker was born on 6 Aug 1883 (son of R.J. Parker, (son of who?) and Rue Elizabeth Lasker); died on 2 Dec 1922 in Vivan, Louisiana; was buried in Rosedale Cem, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas.

Notes:

Died:
Dee Parker died in 1922 after a fight in the oil fields in Vivan, La. He was shot by another oilfield worker. In 1924, Lilly May Parker, Dee's sister, died. Dee's widow, Mattie Fosselman Parker, and Lilly's widower Edgar Courts married.
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Richard married Mattie Fosselman about 1903 in Jefferson Co, Texas. Mattie was born on 29 Sep 1889 in Tennessee; died on 9 Jan 1975 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

R.J. Parker, (son of who?) was born on 21 Nov 1859 in of, Tennessee (maybe); died on 6 Jan 1923 in Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas; was buried in Rosedale Cem, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas.

R.J. married Rue Elizabeth Lasker about 1878 in Hardin Co, Texas (prob). Rue was born on 22 Apr 1862; died on 20 Dec 1945 in Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas; was buried in Rosedale Cem, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Rue Elizabeth Lasker was born on 22 Apr 1862; died on 20 Dec 1945 in Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas; was buried in Rosedale Cem, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas.

Children:

1. Richard Dee Parker was born on 6 Aug 1883; died on 2 Dec 1922 in Vivan, Louisiana; was buried in Rosedale Cem, Sour Lake, Hardin Co, Texas.
Emma Lillian "Lillie" Mae Parker was born on 29 Aug 1885 in Tennessee; died on 24 Jan 1924 in Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas; was buried in Magnolia Cem, Beaumont, Jefferson Co, Texas.