Ann Christelle Parker

Services for Ann Christelle Eaves Parker, 77, Del City, will be held Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at 2 p.m. at Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home at Sunny Lane Cemetery, 4000 SE 29th Street, Del City. Burial will take place at Arlington Memorial Gardens in Oklahoma City. Visitation will be held on Monday, October 13, from 4-8 p.m. at Bill Eisenhour Funeral Home.

Ann passed away October 5, 2025, in Oklahoma City.

She was born December 20, 1947, in Ada, OK, to Ben H. and Kitty (Hulsey) Eaves. She resided in Stratford, OK, for a short time before relocating to Blackwell, OK, where her family survived the F5 Blackwell tornado on May 25, 1955. The family soon moved to Del City, where she attended Del City Public Schools, graduating in 1966.

Ann began a career in the Civil Service with the US Draft Board while living in San Francisco, CA, following high school. She later moved to Dallas, TX, where she worked for many years for the US Department of the Navy and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms. After returning to Oklahoma, she finished her career at Tinker Air Force Base, retiring in 1992. In her later years, she worked as a security guard, retiring from that position in 2020.

Ann met Rick Parker in 1986, and they married December 5, 1991, at Shawnee, OK.

Ann enjoyed spending time with her family, celebrating holidays, decorating her home, and watching OU football. She was a faithful member of Alcoholics Anonymous and Alanon for 30 years. Her favorite quote was, “But for the grace of God go I.” She was known for her honesty and devotion to all those she loved.

She was preceded in death by her parents; an infant brother; and her daughter, Connie Hope Jeffery.

Ann is survived by her husband Rick, of the home; granddaughter Cassandra Christelle Sorrels, and husband, Tony Stone, Midwest City; three great-grandchildren: Atlas Orion, Calcifer Ciel, and Calypson Christelle Stone, all of Midwest City; special longtime friends, the “Granny Griffith’s Go-Go Girls”; and a host of other family members and friends, all whom she loved dearly.