Ernest Scott Parker

Ernest Scott Parker, 37, of Elizabethtown, Kentucky, died Saturday, December 11, 2010 in Kentucky. He was born in Eden North Carolina on July 21, 1973 and graduated from Magna Vista High School. He served in the Army for five years and had been employed as a welder for Altec Corp. He was of the Holiness faith. He was preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, George H. Scales and his step-grandfather, Theodore Reynolds.

He is survived by his step-father and mother, Ellis and Janis Scales Hairston of Ridgeway; one son, Adrian Stillwell of Kentucky; one sister, Alisha Turner of Ridgeway; two step-sisters, Sonji Benton of Bassett and Chasity Gravely of Martinsville; three step-brothers, Ellis Hairston, Jr. of Martinsville, Keith and Kevin Hairston, both of Bassett; his maternal grandmother and step-grandfather, Eva Reynolds of Patrick Springs; paternal step-grandparents, Leonard P. and Magdalene Hairston of Bassett; his girlfriend, Jessica Prahl-Jackson of Elizabethtown, KY. And many cousins and friends.

Funeral services will be held Saturday, December 18, 2010 at 2:00 P.M. at Collins-McKee-Stone Funeral Home, Martinsville Chapel with Bishop James Reynolds and Elder Bobby Agnew officiating. Interment will follow in the Scales Family Cemetery in Ridgeway with military honors.

The family will receive friends on Saturday, from 1:00 to 2:00 P.M. prior to the funeral service at Collins-McKee-Stone, Martinsville Chapel and other times at the home of his parents, Ellis and Janis Hairston, 1246 King’s Mill Road in Ridgeway.

To express condolences on line, please visit www.collinsmckeestonemartinsville.com

Arrangements under the direction of Collins-McKee-Stone Funeral Services, Martinsville, VA.