COLUMBIA — George W. Parker was “the godfather of the Republican Party in Boone County,” former state Rep. Ed Robb said. Mr. Parker was the first Republican elected to any office in Boone County since the Civil War and founded the Grand Order of Pachyderms.
George Parker, founder of national GOP group, dies at 86
Thursday, May 28, 2009 | 10:09 p.m. CDT;
updated 8:05 p.m. CDT, Wednesday, June 3, 2009
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