Carol Ruth Parker, 89, of Valparaiso, Ind., died Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, in the Lynchburg General Hospital in Lynchburg, Va.
She was born Oct. 27, 1934, at Blacksville, a daughter of the late Arthur Cummins and Alice Minor Cummins.
Ruth was preceded in death by her husband, Monie Carl “Bill” Parker.
Surviving are two children and their spouses, Monie Owen Parker and his wife Kim of Quitman, Ark., and Mary Elizabeth Koontz and her husband Brent of Appomattox, Va.; brothers, James Cummins and his wife Nancy of Jakes Run, Joseph Cummins of Morgantown, John Cummins of Hendersonville, N.C.; four grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and numerous nieces and nephews.
Friends may call at the Owen-Neely Funeral Home in Blacksville, from 6-8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 24. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday in the funeral home with Pastor Rob Bennett officiating. Interment will follow in the Eddy Chapel Cemetery.
A luncheon will follow at the Jakes Run Assembly of God.
