John Harrison Parker Jr. passed away peacefully at the North Carolina State Veterans Home Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017. John was born in Kannapolis on Jan. 10, 1940, to John Harrison Parker Sr. and Vera Belle Davis. A 1958 graduate of A.L. Brown High School, John was a veteran with over 22 years of service. After retirement from the Air Force, he and his nephew Gray Barker, formed the Southern Marine Boat dealership in Salisbury. He was a past member of Keller Masonic Lodge 657 an