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Title: Fess Parker Sent From Labor
Location: Santa Barbara
Description: Brethren,
We lost another very prominent Brother today who, in real life and his movie/TV roles, evoked many of the attributes of a just & upright Mason.
Bro. Fess Parker died peacefully today at age 85. After a very successful career in Hollywood (movies as disparate as "Old Yeller" and "Them") from "51 to the "70's, he made a fortune in real estate, resorts and his own award-winning "Fess Parker Winery".
His most famous role of course was as 'Davy Crockett' (I'm sure those of you 55 & older either had a coonskin cap, replica of his rifle, 'Ol Betsy' or a Davy Crockett lunch box)
He later starred in the "Daniel Boone" TV series. He even sang a version of the title song "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" which got to #4 on the charts.
Enlisting in the USMC late in WWII with hopes of becoming a pilot, his height kept him with other duty. After the war he was a good athlete at the U. of Texas, graduating with a degree in History. The guitar-playing 6'6" gentleman with the southern accent caught the eye of Walt Disney and the rest was history. Incidentally Fess Parker was his given name.
Some Masonic notes: Bro. Parker portrayed Bro. Crockett & Bro. Boone, costarring with Bro. Buddy Ebsen in the former as his sidekick. He also was in a western with Bro. Gene Autry & in "Island in the Sky" with Bro. John Wayne (the only other actor to portray Bro. Crockett in a movie). And of course Walt Disney & Buddy Ebsen were both Sr. DeMolays.
Bro. Parker had just celebrated his 50th wedding anniversary and leaves a widow, son, daughter & grandchildren.
As people comment at work or at some social gathering about his passing, we can proudly say, 'yes, Fess Parker was a fraternity Brother of mine!'.
Thanks,
Gerald A. Edgar, PM
Mosaic #125 AF&AM (Dubuque, IA)
Siloam Commandery #43 (Mason City, IA)
Sr. DeMolay, Chev & LOH - Allen Chapter (Dubuque, IA)
Date: 2010-03-18
PS Bro. Parker was raised in Mt. Olive Lodge No. 506, Los Angeles, California
on Nov. 23, 1965.
