Megan Grace Parker, daughter of Lisa Kelley of Sikeston, Missouri and Jeremy Parker of East Prairie, Missouri, was born on September 21, 2001, in Poplar Bluff, Missouri, and departed this life on June 26, 2024, at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri, at the age of 22 years.
Megan was a member of First Baptist Church in Puxico, Missouri, and a resident of Sikeston, Missouri. As a child, Megan’s wish was to be a cashier at Bill’s Market in Puxico. She attended Puxico Schools through middle school and graduated from Portageville High School. Megan liked to go to work with her mom at the nursing home and visit with the residents. She enjoyed watching videos on YouTube and scrolling through social media, she enjoyed shopping, especially at thrift stores, and going out to eat. Every year she looked forward to Puxico Homecoming and Christmas. She loved spending time with her best friend, Taylor, her nephews, her dogs, Louie, Buster, Nellie, and Zoey; and her cat, Winnie.
She is survived by her mother and father, Lisa and Steven Kelley of Sikeston, Missouri; by her father and step-mother, Jeremy and Shauna Parker of East Prairie, Missouri; by two brothers, Andrew Parker and wife Raimey of Baltimore, Maryland, and Steven Kelley II and wife Jessica of Kenosha, Wisconsin; by her sister, Ashley Kelley of Lenzburg, Illinois; by her maternal grandparents, Richard and Diane Hawthorne of Sikeston, Missouri; by her paternal grandparents, Adrian and Glenda Parker of Paragould, Arkansas; by her nephews, Milo Kelley and Finn Kelley; by her best friend, Taylor Hobbs of Dudley, Missouri; and by many extended family and friends.
Megan’s family would like to thank her medical team locally, as well as her team at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Cardinal Glennon Hospital for their loving care and support. Even though we never met her heart donor, we cannot thank them enough for the additional 16 months they gave us with Megan.
Visitation will be held at First Baptist Church in Puxico, Missouri on Saturday, June 29, 2024, from 10:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. Funeral services will follow at 1:00 p.m. with Rev. Justin Miller officiating. Interment will follow in Duck Creek Cemetery.
Mathis Funeral Home in Dexter is assisting with arrangements.
