Born on June 2, 1947, Relda was the baby of seven children of Bryan Pete Padgett And Irene Roark Padgett. She was proceeded in death by her parents and husband, Leslie R Parker Sr., sisters Virginia Pearson, Maydie Malone, Dorothy Dillard and Helen Currie, and brothers Roland “Red” Padgett and Henry Worth “Shorty” Padgett.
She spent many years working and traveling with her husband but they eventually settled in Polk County, Texas. To raise their family, she loved to travel and spend time with her family and had recently completed a 22-day road trip with family members visiting Yellowstone and Glacier national parks, Durango, Colorado, Grand Canyon National Park, Las Vegas and many other places. Relda had a fabulous time and could not have been happier. It had been her last and most hoped for wish that she be able to make this trip.
Relda will always be remembered as a favorite aunt, sister, friend but most of all as a truly devoted and loving mother and grandmother. She loved her family fiercely and was a wonderful mother who was always there when her family needed her the most.
“Our hearts refuse to accept what it knows to be true…you are no longer here with us. The day you left, a part of us was taken with you and it was in that moment we understood the piercing reality of a heart shattered by loss.” If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever. We will miss you always.
Relda is survived by her daughter, Tracy Redden, and husband Larry, Son, Leslie “Bubba” Parker Jr., and wife Krystal, grandchildren, Lacey Villa, and husband Jonathan, Sadie Parker, Emma Redden, Abby Redden, Blake Baggett And Brinkley Baggett, great-grandchildren, Everly Fontenot, Maleia Villa and Hallie Villa, brother-in-law, Charlie Parker, and wife Angie, and sister-in-law, Margie Padgett.
A visitation for Relda will be held on Friday, August 9, 2024, at Neal Funeral Home from 12 to 2 p.m. A funeral service will be held the same day at Neal Funeral Home at 2 p.m. Interment will immediately follow at Peebles Cemetery in Livingston, Texas.
To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Relda Parker, please visit our flower store.