Obituary of Hugh Parker

Funeral services for Mr. Hugh Parker are scheduled for 10 a.m. Tuesday, November 6, 2007 at First Baptist Church in Bastrop with Rev. Jim Ingram, Dr. L.H. McCollough, and Rev. Dick Day officiating. Interment will follow in Memorial Park Cemetery, Bastrop. Visitation will be held Monday evening from 5-8 p.m. at Golden Funeral Home. Hugh Parker was born July 25, 1934, in Bastrop. In 1949, Hugh contracted polio and he spent the next year in New Orleans receiving treatment and then went to Warm Springs, GA for therapy and recuperation. Hugh returned to Bastrop and to Bastrop High School where he graduated in 1952. He attended LSU and graduated in 1956 with a degree in architectural engineering. In 1963, Hugh married Sarabeth Boughton and they are the parents of two daughters, Sharon Lynn Johnson and husband Charlie of Garland, TX, and Lee Anne McDonald and husband Clay of Choudrant, LA. Three granddaughters are Amelia Cooper and Audrey McDonald of Choudrant, LA, and Ragan Johnson of Garland, TX. Three grandsons are Eric Johnson, Matthew Johnson, and Chuck Johnson, all of Monroe, LA. Other survivors include one sister, Merrilee Rogers of Garland, TX; niece, Suzy Crain and husband Shelby, and great niece and nephew, Meredith and Harrison Crain, all of Sachse, TX; sister-in-law, Sharon B. Green and husband Charlie of Lebanon, TN; nieces, Holly Herrington of Chicago, IL, Marea Herrington of Nashville, TN, Sara H. Jones and husband Nolan of Kilmichael, MS. Hugh was presented the Mayor's Award for Outstanding Disabled Individual in 2001, was a recent board member for ARCO, was on the Louisiana Architect's Selection Board in 1997, and a member of the Board of Regents of Louisiana Architectural Foundation in 2002. He was also a member of the Rotary Club of Monroe, a Paul Harris Fellow, and a member of First Baptist Church in Bastrop. Hugh was affiliated with the American Institute of Architects, AIA Louisiana, AIA Monroe, and a member of the National Council of Architectural Registration Board. His professional experience includes 45 years of practice in all types of architecture, especially churches, educational, housing residential, commercial and institutional. Some of his projects include Monroe/West Monroe Convention and Visitors Bureau, Wyly Tower at Louisiana Tech University, University of Louisiana at Monroe Football Stadium and Baseball Stadium, ULM Activities Center, City Hall and Police Station of Bastrop, many churches in the area - including McGuire United Methodist Church of West Monroe and Lea Joyner United Methodist Church in Monroe. He has worked for Ouachita Parish School Board, Monroe City School Board, Claiborne Parish School Board, Richland Parish School Board, Morehouse Parish School Board, and Franklin Parish School Board. The family requests memorials be made to First Baptist Church of Bastrop Canada Missions Fund, Louisiana Baptist Children's Home, Rays of Sonshine, or the charity of your choice.