[1] Parker was born in Morland, Kansas July 1, 1895, and educated in Hill City graduating from high school in 1913.
[5] He ran in 1942 for the fourth position on the supreme court as a Republican against Harry K. Allen the incumbent Democrat.
[7] Walter G. Thiele had only been in the role a few days due to automatically becoming the chief justice when William A. Smith resigned before the end of his term.
[9] Parker died in a Topeka, Kansas convalescence center on April 28, 1969, aged 73, after suffering with cancer and a cerebral haemorrhage.
[3] He left behind his wife Virginia Grace Parker and a daughter Mrs. Floyd Pinnick, he also had a sister and three brothers.