Heber Springs Marine Laid To Rest

By: Import User

Updated: January 7, 2009

Hundreds turned out to pay their last respects to a fallen marine in Heber Springs Wednesday. Marine Corp. Tommy J. Parker, known to many simply as T.J, died June 24th after being ambushed in Iraq. He was one of four marines slain. Parker, who leaves behind a wife and a two-year old daughter, is the 16th Arkansan to die in combat since the start of the war in March 2003.

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