Dr. Parker’s good works will continue through DMH Foundation endowment

Posted on May 8, 2015

By MARK VIOLA / Staff writer

Dr. John H. Parker Jr. was a pillar of Taylor County’s medical community for 35 years and his legacy here has continued long past his retirement in 1989 and his death in 2012.

Now both his name and his desire to improve the lives of the people of Taylor County will live on for many years to come after his family joined with the Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) Foundation to create the John H. Parker Jr. Memorial Fund to serve as an endowment to support the hospital in its mission to provide medical services to the community.

PHOTO: The children of the late Dr. John H. Parker Jr. were on hand Tuesday for the unveiling of a new memorial fund for the Doctors’ Memorial Hospital (DMH) Foundation in his honor as well as the DMH emergency room being named the Dr. John H. Parker Jr. Emergency Center. Shown above are: (from l to r) Jane Woofter, Beth Parker, family friend Ron Brafford, John Parker III and David Parker. 

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