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Lewis R. Parker, Wray




In 1910 El Centro, California, John A. Parker is farming, 43, Esther E. Parker 31 Wife, Hugh W. Parker 5 Son, Lewis R. Parker 7 Son, E. John Parker 2 Son, Helen Parker 1 Daughter, and Howard P. Ware 58 Nephew.

In 1920 El Centro, John L. Parker is 54, Esther E. Parker 42 Wife, Hugh W. Parker 15 Son, Lewis R. Parker 14 Son, John E. Parker 13 Son, Mary Helen Parker 11 Daughter, anc Esther N. Parker 4 Daughter.

October 1931 Los Angeles "Marked by simplicity, the wedding of Miss Jeanett Garland, daughter of Senator and Mrs. Samuel Garland of Lebanon, Ore., and Lieut. Lewis Parker, son of Mrs H. Parker of Riverside, was celebrated today at the Beverly Hills home of the bride's brother, James P. Garland and Mrs. Garland Rev. Herbert Booth Smith officiated and Senator Garland gave his daughter in marriage. Mrs. Dean Crowell, sister of the bride was matron of honor and Lieutenant Parker's brother Hugh Parker was best man. The bride wore a brown velvet ensemble with a corsage of autumn flowers and her matron of honor was gowned in black georgette and carried autumn flowers, Yellow chrysanthemums and other autumn flowers in shades of gold and bronze decorated the home. The bride's mother was gowned in black velvet and Mrs. James Garland wore a gown of jade-green georgette.
The bride is a graduate of the University of Oregon and Miss Fulimer's School. On their return from a honeymoon trip, Lieutenant and Mrs Parker will make their home in Riverside Lieutenant Parker being stationed at March Field

In 1940 Washington, D.C., Lewis R. Parker is a captain in the Army Air Corps, 34, Jeannette Parker 33 Wife, Jean Parker 6 Daughter, John Parker 1 Son, and Adele Chappelle 49 Servant,
MAJOR GENERAL LEWIS R. PARKER
Lewis R. Parker was born in Wray, Colo., in 1905. He graduated from high school at McMinneville, Ore., in 1922 and attended Oregon State College for three years.
Enlisting as a flying cadet on Feb. 24, 1928, General Parker attended Primary Flying School at March Field, Calf., graduated from Advanced Flying School at Kelly Field, Texas a year later, and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Air Corps on May 2, 1929.
General Parker then was assigned as assistant operations officer of the 11th Bomb Squadron at March and later Rockwell Field, Calif. Entering the Air Corps Technical School at Chanute Field, Ill., in Sept l930, he graduated the next June and rejoined the 11th Bomb Squadron. Two years later he was named engineering officer at March Fie1d.
Moving to Luke Field, Hawaii in August 1934, General Parker was assigned to the 72nd Bomb Squadron and later served as engineering officer for the Fifth Composite Group there. Transferred to Bolling Field, Washington, D.C in December 1936, he served successively as engineering officer and then commander of the First Staff Squadron and commander of the field. In 1940 General Parker attended the Air Corps Tactical School at Maxwell Field, Ala., and then returned to Bolling Field.
Early in 1943, General Parker was on temporary duty in various theaters, including the European, China-Burma-India, and then the Pacific. He assumed command of the 40th Bomb Group at Pratt Field, Kan., in July 1943.
Late in February 1944 General Parker went to England for duty with the Eighth Air Force. On his second combat mission, March 6, he was shot down, bailed out and captured 40 miles South of Bremen. He was imprisoned at Sagan, Southeast of Berlin, for 10 months, transferred to Moosburg, Northeast of Munich, released on April 29, 1945, and returned to the United States.
That July General Parker was named operations and training staff officer of the Fourth Air Force at Hamilton Field, Calif., and the following December became deputy commander there. He assumed command of Mitchel Field, N.Y. in April 1946. Entering the National War College at Washington, D.C., in August 1947, General Parker graduated the following June.
General Parker then was transferred to the Air Materiel Command and was named deputy commander of the San Antonio Air Materiel Area at Kelly Air Force Base, Texas. He was appointed commander of the 29th Air Depot Wing at Norton Air Force Base, San Bernardino, Calif., in November 1949.
Moving to Air Materiel Command headquarters, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio in January 1951, General Parker became deputy director of Maintenance, Supply and Services; was named chief of the Supply Division the following September; and in June 1952 was appointed director of Supply and Services there.
On July 1, 1954 General Parker was designated commander of the Air Materiel Force, Europe, under the U.S. Air Forces in Europe, with duty station at Wiesbaden, Germany. On Jan. 1, 1956 this organization came under the direct control of the global Air Materiel Command and was redesignated the Air Materiel Force, European Area. General Parker remained the commander until August 1956 when he became director of the Personnel Council of the secretary of the Air Force Washington, D.C.
His decorations include the Legion of Merit and Air Medal. He is rated a command pilot, combat observer and aircraft observer.

Lewis R Parker BIRTH 3 May 1905 DEATH 26 Aug 1995 BURIAL Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, PLOT Section 19 Site 154 MEMORIAL ID 1060690.

Jeanette Garland Parker BIRTH 15 Sep 1906 DEATH 4 Jan 1994 BURIAL Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, PLOT Section 19 Site 154 MEMORIAL ID 1060500.

Jean Parker Yedinak Birth Date: 26 Jul 1933 Birth Place: Riverside, California, Residence Place: Tallahassee, Florida, Death Date: 7 May 1996 Death Place: Nursing home, Berlin, Washington, Vermont, USA Cause of Death: Natural, Advanced High Cecole Lymphoma Date Filed: 9 May 1996 Father: Lewis R. Parker Mother: Jeanette Parker.
Jean Parker Yedinak BIRTH 26 Jun 1933 Riverside County, California, USA DEATH 7 May 1996 Berlin, Washington County, Vermont, USA BURIAL Green Mount Cemetery Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, MEMORIAL ID 163085114.

Peter Yedinak BIRTH 20 Aug 1939 DEATH 17 May 1993 BURIAL Green Mount Cemetery Montpelier, Washington County, Vermont, MEMORIAL ID 163085115 .

John Lewis Parker BIRTH 16 Jul 1938 DEATH 5 Jul 2020 Madison County, Alabama, BURIAL Cremated MEMORIAL ID 215398666.

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