Dr. Joseph B. Parker Jr.

PARKER Dr. Joseph B Jr, 91 entered into "Larger Life" on Sat Sep 1, 2007 at Hillcrest Convalescent Center in Durham. Born in Knox County, TN, he was the son of Dr. Joseph B. Parker and Sue York Parker. He and his wife of 60 years, Phyllis Foster Parker were married May 25, 1946 in Klamath Falls, OR. She currently resides in Durham, NC. Dr. Parker is also survived by his two children: Suzanna Parker Dudley and husband, Dana, of Lunenberg, MA; Joseph B. Parker III and wife, Gae Broadwater, of Frankfort, KY; his niece, Margaret Houston Foppiano and husband, Charles, of Wilmington, NC; their children, Houston and Cristi Foppiano of Cary, NC; and their children, Sophia and Alexandra Foppiano, also of Cary, NC; and Parker and Thomas Kent Fopppiano, both of Knoxville, TN. Dr. Parker graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1939 with a B.S.degree where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta and the German honorary. He received his medical degree from the University of Tennessee Medical School in Memphis in 1941 and performed his internship at Knoxville General Hospital from 1941-1942. He served in the U.S. Naval Medical Corp primarily in the South Pacific with the Marines and eventually earned the rank of Lt. Commander. In 1959 he became professor and chairman of the department of Psychiatry at the University of Kentucky's Medical Center. While in Lexington, KY, Dr. Parker became a member of Rotary; a consultant at the USPHS Hospital, the VA Hospital and the Lexington Edition of Psychotherapeutics; a member of the advisory committee of Cerebral Palsy; advisor of the Junior League Opportunity Workshop; a member of the Kentucky Governor's Council on Mental Health; the Kentucky Governor's Manpower Committee; and a member of the executive committee and trustee of the Central Kentucky Mental Health Board. A memorial service will be held 10:30am Thu Sep 6, 2007 in the Memorial Chapel of Duke University Chapel with the Reverend Albert Nelius officiating. Burial will be held in Lynnhurst in Knoxville, TN. Memorial gifts may be made to Duke Gardens, P.O. Box 90341, Durham, NC 27708. Hall-Wynne Funeral Service is assisting the Parker family.