Ellen Kate (Koonce) Parker

Mrs. Ellen Kate Koonce Parker of Fayetteville went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Monday, August 8, 2022, at the age of 87.

Mrs. Parker was born in Hoke County on January 1, 1935, to the late LH Koonce and Treva Townsend Koonce. She was preceded in death by her husband Davis K. Parker Jr., her daughter Karen Allen and her brother Lacy Koonce. She was a Lifelong member of Galatia Presbyterian Church, serving multiple capacities within the church, and retired as Guidance Counselor from the Cumberland County School System. Mrs. Parker was on the Board of Directors of the Cumberland Community Foundation.

She is survived by a son Davis Kirkland Parker III of Fayetteville, NC, a son-in-law Richard Robinson (Bob) Allen Jr., and nine grandchildren, Kristen Allen, Katherine Allen, Alison Allen, Mary Allen, Bobby Allen, Josh Allen, John Allen, Sam Allen, and Joe Allen, a brother-in-law D.B. Parker, a sister-in-law Lillian Scarboro Koonce.

The family will receive friends from 11:00 am until 1:00 pm on Thursday, August 11, 2022, at Galatia Presbyterian Church, Fellowship Hall, 8800 Galatia Church Road, Fayetteville, NC

A funeral service will follow at 1:00 pm in the Galatia Presbyterian Church with Reverend Brett Johnson officiating. 

Burial will be in the Church Cemetery.

Memorials may be made to:

Galatia Presbyterian Church

8800 Galatia Church Road

Fayetteville, NC 28304

Online condolences may be made at www.crumplerfuneralhome.com

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