Cloveilla Montgomery Parker

SANTA BARBARA, CA -- Cloveilla Montgomery Parker passed away on Sunday, July 24, 2016 at the age of 101. Service: 10 a.m. Saturday, August 6, 2016 at White's Funeral Home, 130 Houston Ave., Weatherford, 76086. Interment: She will be buried in Poe Prairie Cemetery next to four of her brothers and near her parents, grandmothers and numerous other Montgomery and Lack relatives. Visitation: 9 a.m. Saturday at White's Funeral Home. Memorials: In lieu of flowers, please donate to your local hospice. She was born February 16, 1915, to John Alexander and Emma Aurelius (Lack) Montgomery on the Bish Ranch near Brock, Texas. Cloveilla had four older brothers, Isaac Ramon, Oran Bunch "Windy," Loran Thompson "George," William Odell, and six younger brothers, John Haskell, Trosper Wilson "Smokey," Ovid Hoyl, Hesper Lee "Johnny," Everett Pride and J. E. Her sister-in-law, Eula V. (Smithers) Montgomery who was married to John Haskell, was like a sister and very close to Cloveilla. Cloveilla graduated from Brock High School on May 18, 1934. In 1939, she moved to California where she worked at various jobs until Lockheed hired her in August 1942. She worked on P-38 Lightning fighters. After WWII ended, Cloveilla was one of the few women rehired by Lockheed. Cloveilla remained at Lockheed until she married John Thomas "Jack" Parker on April 3, 1947, in Pasadena, California. Cloveilla and Jack moved to the Parker Family farm in Cargill, Ontario, Canada. While in Canada, Cloveilla had two children, William Everett Parker and Linda Adele Parker. Cloveilla and Jack left the farm, bought a china gift shop and appliance store in Walkerton, Ontario. She managed the store until they moved to Porterville, California in 1952. Cloveilla and Jack owned a mobile home park in Porterville, a paint store in Pismo Beach, and in 1955, bought a motel, Casa Del Sol, in Carpinteria, California. They sold the motel in 1964 and moved to Myra Street in Carpinteria. In 1971, they built a lovely home in Santa Barbara, California. Cloveilla lived in this home until almost 99 years old. She grew many avocado and fruit trees and filled her yard with roses, hibiscus and many other plants. Cloveilla was a talented gardener, cook, quilter, painter and tailor. She could design and sew a dress without a pattern. She did needlepoint, embroidery, crocheting, knitting, sewing, rug making, and many other crafts. Survivors: son, William Parker; daughter, Linda Parker Spaulding and husband, Alan; grandchildren, Jonathon Parker and wife, Nancy, Kimberly Parker, William Spaulding and wife, Sarah, and Thomas Spaulding; great-grandsons, Peter Parker Spaulding, Logan Eugene Spaulding and Nathan Parker; great-granddaughter, Lana Rose Parker; special friends, Helen Jent, Katherine Price and Betty Crane; and many nieces, nephews, other family members and friends. White's Funeral Home Weatherford, 817-596-4811