Jo Nell Howell Parker, 67, of Dyersburg, passed away on Sunday, January 26, 2014 at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Union City.
She was retired from First Citizens National Bank and a member of the Lighthouse Apostolic Church in Greenfield. Jo Nell was a former employee of United Family Life and Johnson's Funeral Home. She was an avid deer hunter.
Services will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday in the chapel of Dyersburg Funeral Home with Bro. Lynn McCall and Mr. Jeff Smith officiating. Burial will be in New Haven Cemetery in Ridgely.
The family will receive visitors from 5-8 p.m. Tuesday at Dyersburg Funeral Home.
Survivors include her husband, Jerry D. Parker, Sr. of Dyersburg; two daughters, Donna Phillips and husband, Ricky, of Dyersburg and Kimberly Parker Mills and husband, Jim, of Tiptonville; a son, Jerry D. Parker, Jr. and wife, Tammy, of McKenzie; a sister, Ann Smith of Dyersburg; a brother, Jesse L. Howell of Hopkinsville, KY; sixteen grandchildren; and thirteen great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by a son, David A. Parker; her parents, Noah and Edith Stringfield Howell; three sisters, Mary Holt, Sue Kitchen and Elsie Rickman; and a brother, John Howell.
Pallbearers will be Evan Parker, Zach Parker, Derek Parker, Allen Jones, Joey Blankenship and Chris Mills. Honorary pallbearer will be Jason Mills.