B J Parker

B. J. Parker was born on October 13, 1946, in Shreveport, Louisiana, and passed away on March 13, 2026, at Morehouse General Hospital in Bastrop, Louisiana.

She is remembered for her love of gardening and her talent as an artist. B. J. especially cherished traveling, particularly on cruises with her husband and sisters, and the memories created during those family voyages will remain treasured by all who knew her.

She is survived by her husband of 45 years, Gary Malcolm Parker; her daughters, Janie Leonard and Tonya Leonard; and her son, John David Leonard. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Heather Flowers-Rice and her husband Adam, Blair Andrews McCarty and her husband David, Gage Anthony Rivera, Bailey Elizabeth Meziere and her husband Jacob, and Robert Keith Parker and his wife Jessica; two sisters, Edna Marie Pilinski and her husband Richard, and Wilma Rae Watkins; a brother, James Clayton and his wife Donna; and four great-grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her parents, Beulah Vance Clayton and Clarence Odell Clayton; two sisters, Barbara Simmons and Joyce Crabtree; and a brother, Grady Odell Clayton.