Paul Benson Parker Jr.

Paul Benson Parker, Jr. was born February 4, 1923 in Orlando, Florida and grew up around Tampa. After high school in Plant City he joined the Army in 1939 and was eventually a fighter pilot instructor during WW2. He married Sadie Gore of Plant City and had two children. Later in life, he was a bartender on the Strip in Las Vegas where he spent his last 36 years. He enjoyed RV travel, prospecting, exploring the back roads of the desert southwest, and his cabin in the Hualapai Mountains, near Kingman, Arizona. At great loss to his family, Paul passed away in 1999 in Las Vegas.