From the Knoxville News Sentinel 12 Sep 2002 HECK, LOIS KATHLEEN PARKER - age 79, of Speedwell, formerly of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2002, in Claiborne County Hospital. She was born June 14, 1923, in Barbourville, Kentucky. Kathleen graduated from Cumberland College and was a PHI Beta Kappa graduate of Denison University. She also earned certification as a School Librarian from The University of Tennessee, Knoxville. She was a long-term member of Delta Kappa Gamma. She taught English and Mathematics at Jefferson Junior High School in the Oak Ridge area and later served as the Librarian at Norwood Junior High School in Oliver Springs, Tennessee. She was a member of Harrogate United Methodist Church for 22 years, Phi Beta Kappa and Delta Kappa Gamma. Preceded in death by parents, W. F. and Mary Lee Williams Parker of Barbourville, Kentucky. Survived by husband of 53 years, James Franklin Heck; son, Jeffrey James and wife, Grace Heck; granddaughter, Eva Burneko, all of Augusta, Ga.; sister, Anna Rutherford of Morristown, Tenn., and a niece, Jennifer NcNeill of Greenville, S.C. The funeral services will be 8:00 p.m. Friday at Reece Valley Chapel with Rev. Sam Johnson and Rev. Lowell Wright officiating. Family and friends will meet at Reece Funeral Home, Saturday, September 14, at 10:00 a.m. and proceed to The Alexander Cemetery on The Heck Farm in Speedwell for interment. Pallbearers will be Olen Ray Heck, Jason Thomas, Dennis Kilgore, Brian Alexander, Jim Beeler and Jack Barnett. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested, memorials be made to the National Kidney Foundation of East Tennessee, 4450 Walker Blvd., Suite 2, Knoxville, TN 37917, or to the charity of your choice. Visitation will be 6-8 p.m. Friday at Reece Funeral Home (869-8811, 869-3651 or 626-4249) ===================================================== "Genealogy is like playing hide and seek: they hide...I seek!!!" www.byrge.com/genealogy/ Searching: BYRGE, BUNCH, DAUGHERTY, DUNCAN, KENNEDY, PATTERSON, PHILLIPS, SEIBER, TACKETT, WARD. =====================================================