Graveside services for Lora G. Parker will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, August 29, 2018, at the Alva Municipal Cemetery with Rev. Ron Pingelton officiating. Interment is under the direction of Marshall Funeral Home of Alva.

Lora was born on January 16, 1928, in Hugo, Oklahoma, as the youngest daughter of John W. and Maggie M. (McBride) Garrett. She attended public schools in Smithville, Oklahoma. Lora passed away on August 26, 2018, in the Share Convalescent Home in Alva.

She was married briefly to Edward J. Derrick. In 1946, Lora moved to Alva. She married John M. Lakely in April 1949 and they made...