Vernon Ray Parker passed away on Monday, January 6, 2025, at North Alabama Medical Center, in Florence. He was born June 4, 1957, in Florida, to Vernon Harold Parker and Bobbie Lou Robinson .
Vernon was well known as “Ray” or “Ray-Ray”, as he traveled from family to family, like a gypsy. He was born in Bartow, Florida. His childhood was spent around Hartselle with his grandparents, Lee and Alma Robinson. He loved clowning around with his brothers.
He worked in various jobs such as Communications- as a Cable Installer for a General Contractor, at grocery stores, and went to his sister’s home in Wisconsin to work cutting trees, working tobacco, and fencing…