The Rev. David Parker, 57, priest of the Diocese of Montana, died unexpectedly Dec. 10 at Livingston Memorial Hospital, Livingston, MT.

Fr. Parker was a graduate of the University of the South, Sewanee. He was ordained deacon in 1984 and priest in 1985. Fr. Parker served as rector of St. Christopher's, Kingsport, TN, 1986-96. At the time of his death, he was rector of the Episcopal Churches of the Upper Yellowstone: St. Andrew's, Livingston; St. John's, Emigrant, and St. Mark's, Big Timber, MT. Fr. Parker is survived by his wife, Jean, two sons, a daughter, a granddaughter, his father and a sister.