Anne Latting Parker, 91, of Collierville, TN, passed away May 19, 2020, after a brief illness. She was born on March 18, 1929, in Cordova, TN, and raised at Mt. Airy, the Feild-Latting ancestral home on Latting Road.
Anne graduated from Collierville High School and attended Birmingham Southern College, where she met her husband, to whom she was married for 66 years. After graduating from Memphis State University, she taught in the Memphis City School System for 27 years. Anne was a member of Morning Sun Cumberland Presbyterian Church and was active with Forever Young Veterans, which sponsors “trips of honor” for senior veterans. Anne loved to travel and spend time at the beach listening to the ocean. She loved Siamese cats and everything about cats.
She was preceded in death by her parents, Alfred Feild Latting and Doris Ward Latting, and her husband, Ralph Eli Parker. Anne is survived by her brother, Charles W. Latting of Alhambra, CA; her sister, Margaret Ellen Crawford (Duncan) of Maryville, TN; daughter, Doris Shifflette (Jeff) of Germantown; son, Alfred Parker (Alice) of Germantown; four grandchildren, Elizabeth Parker Okoli (Brandon), A. Latting Parker (Ashley), Emily Shifflette-Rickerson (Micah), and Laura Shifflette Lawson (Phillip); and three great-grandchildren, Wyatt Parker, Bennett Parker, and Margaret Rickerson.
There will be a graveside service for family and friends on Saturday May 30th, 2020 at 11:00 AM. This service will be at Morning Sun Cemetery, 2682 Morning Sun Road, Cordova, TN. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations to Forever Young Veterans, P.O. Box 1381, Collierville, TN 38027, or to a favorite charity.
