Gene Parker

December 2, 2024

Gene Parker of Orange Beach, Alabama passed away Friday, November 29, 2024, at Vitas Hospice in Pensacola, Florida. He was born on August 17, 1944 to Rollin and Dorothy Parker in Paradise Hills, California.

After graduating from Hollywood High School and working as a mechanic in Hollywood, Gene enlisted in the Navy and was deployed to Vietnam where he served on the flight deck of the USS Hancock. After his service in the military, Gene worked for CFI which served the movie industry and garnered his passion for photography. During this time, he was a member of the “Viewfinders” motorcycle club and raced in numerous events throughout the southern California desert including “Barstow to Vegas”. Later, Gene and family moved to Newberg, Oregon where he worked for Preston Petty and then Hewlett Packard in McMinnville, Oregon as a lithographer and graphic design artist.

During his leisure time, he rode dirt bikes on many of Oregon’s forest trails and loved camping, fishing and whitewater rafting. He was proficient in silversmithing with designing, producing and selling silver and turquoise jewelry which came naturally with his Native American ancestry. Many years were spent traveling between Oregon and California where he visited friends and family. In 2012, Gene moved to Florida to be closer to his sons and family and frequented Orange Beach, Alabama where he loved sitting on the deck with his dogs, Nikki Mutt and Mini Mutt. Pop spent his last years gazing over Wolf Bay and generations of Ospreys nested nearby.

Gene is preceded in death by his parents and his two sisters, Sandy Murphy and DeeDee Bojorquez.

Gene is survived by his sons, Todd (Robin) Parker of Walnut Hill, Florida and Jason Parker of Milton, Florida; grandsons, Cody (Leigh Ann) Parker of Opelika, Alabama and Dustin Parker of Pensacola, FL; great grandchildren, Sully, Eloise, and Henry Parker of Opelika, Alabama along with many nephews, nieces, and cousins.

Temecula, California will be Pop’s final resting place on his native soil.

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Written by Jane · Filed Under Obituaries