Willa 'Billye' Parker, 86, passed away on February 22, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. Billye was a lifelong resident of Perry, Florida, born on February 14, 1936.
Billye played on the basketball team and was a majorette at Taylor County High School where she met her future husband of 58 years. She attended Florida State University and played trumpet in The Marching Chiefs band. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and earned a BS degree in Education. She returned to Perry and began teaching High School Math, Algebra, Geometry, and Computer for 28 years. During that time she went back to school and earned a Masters Degree in Computer Technology.
When Billye wasn't teaching she was busy playing tennis, playing the piano, arrowhead hunting, fishing, scalloping, crabbing, putting puzzles together, sudoku, telling jokes, and reading. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Perry where she married her high school sweetheart. She taught Sunday School, and was the children's Choir Director, and sang in the Choir for many years. She was a lover of card games and slot machines, spending as much time as possible playing with her bridge friends and lots of trips to Biloxi. She also volunteered at the hospital in Perry. Her greatest joy of all was spending time with her six Grandchildren. She retired from teaching the year her first Grandchild was born.
Billye was preceded in death by her husband, LaCour Edwin 'Ed' Parker, Jr., her parents, Paul Delmus Bird and Willa Wynema Andrews Bird. She is survived by her two children: LaCour Edwin Parker III (Jennifer) of Tallahassee, and Claire Parker Benz (Michael) of Destin, grandchildren Maxwell and Isabella Parker and Parker, Brooke, Conrad, and Palmer Benz, sister Paula Cloys of Concord, North Carolina, and brother Paul Bird of Lake City as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
Her Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Perry with Pastor Brian Gilliland from Morningside Church in Tallahassee officiating. Internment services will follow immediately afterwards in Woodlawn Cemetery in Perry, FL. The viewing will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church. All friends and family are invited to join the family for lunch in the reception hall of the First Baptist Church immediately following the internment service. Joe P. Burns is in charge for all of the Arrangements.
Joe P. Burns Funeral Home, Perry, Florida.
Billye played on the basketball team and was a majorette at Taylor County High School where she met her future husband of 58 years. She attended Florida State University and played trumpet in The Marching Chiefs band. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and earned a BS degree in Education. She returned to Perry and began teaching High School Math, Algebra, Geometry, and Computer for 28 years. During that time she went back to school and earned a Masters Degree in Computer Technology.
When Billye wasn't teaching she was busy playing tennis, playing the piano, arrowhead hunting, fishing, scalloping, crabbing, putting puzzles together, sudoku, telling jokes, and reading. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Perry where she married her high school sweetheart. She taught Sunday School, and was the children's Choir Director, and sang in the Choir for many years. She was a lover of card games and slot machines, spending as much time as possible playing with her bridge friends and lots of trips to Biloxi. She also volunteered at the hospital in Perry. Her greatest joy of all was spending time with her six Grandchildren. She retired from teaching the year her first Grandchild was born.
Billye was preceded in death by her husband, LaCour Edwin 'Ed' Parker, Jr., her parents, Paul Delmus Bird and Willa Wynema Andrews Bird. She is survived by her two children: LaCour Edwin Parker III (Jennifer) of Tallahassee, and Claire Parker Benz (Michael) of Destin, grandchildren Maxwell and Isabella Parker and Parker, Brooke, Conrad, and Palmer Benz, sister Paula Cloys of Concord, North Carolina, and brother Paul Bird of Lake City as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
Her Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Perry with Pastor Brian Gilliland from Morningside Church in Tallahassee officiating. Internment services will follow immediately afterwards in Woodlawn Cemetery in Perry, FL. The viewing will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church. All friends and family are invited to join the family for lunch in the reception hall of the First Baptist Church immediately following the internment service. Joe P. Burns is in charge for all of the Arrangements.
Joe P. Burns Funeral Home, Perry, Florida.
Willa 'Billye' Parker, 86, passed away on February 22, 2022 in her home surrounded by her family. Billye was a lifelong resident of Perry, Florida, born on February 14, 1936.
Billye played on the basketball team and was a majorette at Taylor County High School where she met her future husband of 58 years. She attended Florida State University and played trumpet in The Marching Chiefs band. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and earned a BS degree in Education. She returned to Perry and began teaching High School Math, Algebra, Geometry, and Computer for 28 years. During that time she went back to school and earned a Masters Degree in Computer Technology.
When Billye wasn't teaching she was busy playing tennis, playing the piano, arrowhead hunting, fishing, scalloping, crabbing, putting puzzles together, sudoku, telling jokes, and reading. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Perry where she married her high school sweetheart. She taught Sunday School, and was the children's Choir Director, and sang in the Choir for many years. She was a lover of card games and slot machines, spending as much time as possible playing with her bridge friends and lots of trips to Biloxi. She also volunteered at the hospital in Perry. Her greatest joy of all was spending time with her six Grandchildren. She retired from teaching the year her first Grandchild was born.
Billye was preceded in death by her husband, LaCour Edwin 'Ed' Parker, Jr., her parents, Paul Delmus Bird and Willa Wynema Andrews Bird. She is survived by her two children: LaCour Edwin Parker III (Jennifer) of Tallahassee, and Claire Parker Benz (Michael) of Destin, grandchildren Maxwell and Isabella Parker and Parker, Brooke, Conrad, and Palmer Benz, sister Paula Cloys of Concord, North Carolina, and brother Paul Bird of Lake City as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
Her Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Perry with Pastor Brian Gilliland from Morningside Church in Tallahassee officiating. Internment services will follow immediately afterwards in Woodlawn Cemetery in Perry, FL. The viewing will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church. All friends and family are invited to join the family for lunch in the reception hall of the First Baptist Church immediately following the internment service. Joe P. Burns is in charge for all of the Arrangements.
Joe P. Burns Funeral Home, Perry, Florida.
Billye played on the basketball team and was a majorette at Taylor County High School where she met her future husband of 58 years. She attended Florida State University and played trumpet in The Marching Chiefs band. She was a member of Alpha Xi Delta Sorority and earned a BS degree in Education. She returned to Perry and began teaching High School Math, Algebra, Geometry, and Computer for 28 years. During that time she went back to school and earned a Masters Degree in Computer Technology.
When Billye wasn't teaching she was busy playing tennis, playing the piano, arrowhead hunting, fishing, scalloping, crabbing, putting puzzles together, sudoku, telling jokes, and reading. She was a lifelong member of First Baptist Church of Perry where she married her high school sweetheart. She taught Sunday School, and was the children's Choir Director, and sang in the Choir for many years. She was a lover of card games and slot machines, spending as much time as possible playing with her bridge friends and lots of trips to Biloxi. She also volunteered at the hospital in Perry. Her greatest joy of all was spending time with her six Grandchildren. She retired from teaching the year her first Grandchild was born.
Billye was preceded in death by her husband, LaCour Edwin 'Ed' Parker, Jr., her parents, Paul Delmus Bird and Willa Wynema Andrews Bird. She is survived by her two children: LaCour Edwin Parker III (Jennifer) of Tallahassee, and Claire Parker Benz (Michael) of Destin, grandchildren Maxwell and Isabella Parker and Parker, Brooke, Conrad, and Palmer Benz, sister Paula Cloys of Concord, North Carolina, and brother Paul Bird of Lake City as well as a host of nieces and nephews.
Her Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, March 5, 2022 at 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Perry with Pastor Brian Gilliland from Morningside Church in Tallahassee officiating. Internment services will follow immediately afterwards in Woodlawn Cemetery in Perry, FL. The viewing will be from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM in the sanctuary of the First Baptist Church. All friends and family are invited to join the family for lunch in the reception hall of the First Baptist Church immediately following the internment service. Joe P. Burns is in charge for all of the Arrangements.
Joe P. Burns Funeral Home, Perry, Florida.
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