N.C. Department of
Correction--Correction News--March 1998
Lloyd W. Parker Retires
GREENVILLE - With a new golf bag
in hand and a fresh supply of golf balls, Lloyd Parker, eastern
area administrator, prepared to leave his career with DOC and
begin his new life as a retiree. For Parker, retirement will mean
being free to play golf whenever he wants - not just on Wednesday
afternoons.
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Parker’s co-workers and closest
friends roasted him at a luncheon held Feb. 6 in
Greenville. The golf bag and balls made the perfect gift
for Parker who is known for his love of the sport. "Lloyd was the first superintendent in the
state to designate Wednesday afternoons as golf
day," said Harry Allsbrook, friend and former
superintendent of Nash Correctional Institution.
Despite what his friends might lead you
to believe, Parker accomplished much more in his 39 years
with DOC than just improving his golf game. He began his
career in 1958 at the Hertford County Prison Unit,
progressing through the ranks to become superintendent of
Duplin Correctional Center in 1970. He became district
manager of the eastern area in 1986 and served in that
capacity until 1988 when he became the superintendent of
New Hanover Correctional Center. In 1993 Parker was
promoted to eastern area administrator.
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Correction Secretary Mack Jarvis said Parker is
a pioneer in the corrections field. "He has been such an
asset to this agency," Jarvis said. " When Lloyd first
came to work for the department, he came at a time when it was
not popular to work in corrections in this state. He is a true
pioneer."
Jarvis said Parker knows policy as well as
anyone in the department, partially because he was on the team
that initially helped put policy together. Among his other
accomplishments, Parker lead the way in opening Hyde Correctional
Institution and played an instrumental role in the development of
the Governor’s Community Work Program which was piloted at
Greene Correctional Center.
"Lloyd’s contributions to the
Division of Prisons over the past 39 years have been
plenty," said Boyd Bennett, geographic command manager.
"When you think about corrections work in eastern North
Carolina, you think about Lloyd Parker."
Michael Bell, superintendent of Wayne
Correctional Center, said he will miss having Parker in the
position of area administrator. "We sincerely appreciated
his ability for getting things done, we appreciated having
someone as our administrator that had been there and done that,
that truly understood our problems and situations and would work
with us and support us," he said. "Since Lloyd told me
last year that he had worked harder in the last three years than
he had in the previous thirty combined, we know that he deserves
a retirement so he can play golf as much as he wants to, anytime
and anywhere he wants to." u
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