JACQUELINE JOYCE GARDNER ALLENServices for Jacqueline Joyce Gardner Allen, 82, were at 2 p.m. Tuesday, April 8, in the chapel of Folsom Funeral Home. Rev. Wayne King officiated. Burial was in Gnatville Cemetery.
Mrs. Allen died April 6 at Piedmont Healthcare.
Survivors include a daughter and son-in-law, Sheila and Terry Morrow; a son and daughter-in-law, Steve and Clemmie Gardner; four grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
Pallbearers were Terry Morrow II, Jason Gardner, Jubal Donaldson, David Harris. Larry Evans, and Randall Gilley.
Mrs. Allen was born April 6, 1926, the daughter of the late Luther and Eula Ann Hendon Gilley.
She was preceded in death by her first husband Otis Gardner and by her recent husband Arnold Allen.
Memorial donations can be made to your favorite charity.
HELEN M. PARKER
Services for Helen M. Parker, 83, of Owensboro, Ky., were at 10 a.m. Monday, April 14, at Glenn Funeral Home. Burial was in Owensboro Memorial Gardens.
Mrs. Parker died April 9 at her home.
Survivors include her husband of 62 years, B.H. Parker; a son, Garland Parker of Owensboro; a daughter and son-in-law, Carolyn and Dan Dunbar of Owensboro; two grandchildren, Chris Parker and his wife Jennifer and Kevin Parker and his wife Kellie; a great-grandson, Kaleb Parker; a sister, Flossie Parris of Jacksonville; a brother, Phi McDougal of Arab and several nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Parker was born May 31, 1924 in Piedmont to the late Oscar and Neely McDaniel McDougal.
She retired from Owensboro-Daviess County Hospital and was a member of First Baptist Church.
She was a past matron and member of the Goel No. 104 Order of the Easter Star.
Mrs. Parker enjoyed crafts, especially making Christmas decorations and crocheting for others.
She was preceded in death by eight brothers and sisters.
Memorial donations can be made to Hospice and Palliative Care, 723 Harvard Drive, Owensboro 42301.
CLYDE H. PIKE
Services for Clyde H. Pike, 86, were at 2 p.m. Friday, April 11, at the First United Methodist Church. Harris Hand officiated. Thompson Funeral Home directed.
Mr. Pike died April 8 at Crestwood Medical Center in Huntsville.
Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Mary Elizabeth Payne Pike, a son and daughter-in-law, Danny and Linda Pike of Huntsville; two grandsons, Shane Pike and his wife Jennie of Atlanta and Jason Pike of Birmingham; two great-grandchildren, Harrison Pike and Mary Elizabeth Pike of Atlanta; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Bobby and Willa Dean Pike of Eastaboga, James and Betty Pike of Seattle, Wash., and Wayne and Judy Pike of Pell City; two sisters and a brother-in-law, Iva Bryant of Mobile and Helen and C. J. Dulaney of Pell City, and many nieces and nephews.
Pallbearers were Danny Stone, Frank T. Stewart, Ray Glover, Bobby Glover, Ken Grissom and Keith Word. Honorary pallbearers were members of the Frank Wofford Sunday School Class.
A native of Calhoun County, Mr. Pike was born Oct. 31, 1921 the son of the late Wesley Daley Pike and Ruth Bell Williams Pike. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was a member of the First United Methodist Church of Piedmont.
His most notable accomplishment was as director of the Piedmont Recreation Center which was later re-named and dedicated in his honor. “Clyde” raised several generations of Piedmont’s youth at the Civic Center.
Memorial donations can be made to the First United Methodist Church, 300 N. Main St., Piedmont 36272.
