- White Parker
White Parker (1887 – 1956) was a son of
Mah-Cheeta-Wookey andQuanah Parker , chief of the Comanches. He married Laura E. Clark (1890-1962), a daughter of Reverend and Mrs. M. A. Clark, a formerMethodist missionary to the Comanches. They had at least three children – Patty Bertha, Cynthia Ann Joy, and Milton Quanah (1914-1930). White Parker felt called to do missionary work among the Comanche people. He studied for this ministry at Cook Bible School inPhoenix, Arizona . He joined the Methodist Conference and performed his mission work under their supervision. The Parkers were active in the 1920s and 30s Saturday afternoon street meetings inLawton, Oklahoma , which was led by Dr. J. Leighton Read.Parker had a varied religious background. His father was a member of and leader in the
Native American Church . The Parker family brought the first non-Catholic church to the state of Texas. He received his education at a Presbyterian/Reformed institution, but affiliated with the Methodists when no Reformed missionary appointment was available.White Parker and his wife are buried in the Highland Cemetery, Lawton,
Comanche County, Oklahoma .
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