PARKER, CHARLES

(1878–1946)

Authors: DIANNA EILAND, JOHN GOODE, DONALD I. MOORE, A. WESLEY PARKER, MABEL H. C. PARKER, LYNN SAMS, ELWYN A. WIENANDT

Charles Wesley Parker was a band director, a composer, and an instrument salesman with a style similar to Meredith Willson’s “Music Man.” The son of W. P. and Louise M. Parker , he was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1878. When his parents moved to Marlin, Texas (southeast of Waco), he divided his time among the farm chores, his school work, and his music. A gifted cornet player, young Parker played with the Marlin Municipal Band while he...

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