[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 138 (Thursday, November 13, 2014)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1559]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   HONORING ANTHONY ``STONEY'' PARKER

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                        HON. BENNIE G. THOMPSON

                             of mississippi

                    in the house of representatives

                      Thursday, November 13, 2014

  Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor a 
remarkable veteran and community servant, Chief of Police, Anthony 
``Stoney'' Parker. Chief Parker has shown what can be done through hard 
work, setting goals, and aiming high.
  Anthony ``Stoney'' Parker was born in Montgomery, Alabama to the late 
Cornie and Lillian Parker. Chief Parker graduated from Robert E. Lee 
High School in Montgomery, Alabama in May 1974 where he received a 
scholarship in football to attend the University of Southern 
Mississippi in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. Chief Parker is a 1979 
graduate of the University of Southern Mississippi. After graduation he 
played one year of professional football for the Saskatchewan 
Roughriders in the Canadian Football League before being injured. He 
was later inducted into the University of Southern Mississippi Sports 
Hall of Fame for football in April of 1992.
  Chief Parker is a member of the University of Southern Mississippi M-
Club Board of Directors. He is a member of Seven Springs United 
Methodist Church in Raymond, Mississippi.
  Chief Parker became a Mississippi State Trooper in December of 1982 
and retired from the Mississippi Highway Patrol in June of 2009, as a 
Master Sergeant serving in the Mississippi Bureau of Investigation 
Division (MBI). While working in MBI, he was assigned to the DEA as a 
Task Force Officer for four years. Chief Parker was a founding member 
of the Mississippi Black Troopers Coalition and the National Black 
Troopers Coalition.
  Chief Parker started working as a patrolman with the Crystal Springs 
Police Department after retiring from the Mississippi Highway Patrol. 
He served as a Sergeant and Lieutenant at the Crystal Springs Police 
Department before being appointed Chief of Police for the Crystal 
Springs Police Department in October, 2013. Chief Parker has thirty two 
years of combined law enforcement experience with the State and Local 
Government.
  Chief Parker and his wife, Bettie, have been married for thirty three 
years and have two beautiful children: Christopher and Stefanie.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to join me in recognizing Chief 
Anthony ``Stoney'' Parker for his dedication to sewing our great 
Country and his community.

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