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Nancy Parker of WVUE-TV Fox 8 New Orleans is reported dead in a plane crash

https://www.wdsu.com/article/new-or...ist-nancy-parker-dies-in-plane-crash/28723557

NEW ORLEANS —
A staple in New Orleans television has died.

Nancy Parker, longtime anchor at WVUE FOX 8 News, died in a plane crash Friday afternoon in New Orleans East.



She anchored every newscast at the station for more than 20 years in New Orleans.

Parker is a native of Opelika, Alabama, where she graduated with honors from Opelika High School.

In 1988, Parker graduated with honors from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, with a bachelor of arts degree in journalism.

She moved to New Orleans in 1996.


https://www.fox8live.com/2019/08/16/two-dead-plane-crash-new-orleans-east/

Gray Television has just confirmed her death.
 
https://www.fox8live.com/2019/08/17/gm-tim-ingram-statement-death-nancy-parker/

NEW ORLEANS, La. (WVUE) - Today we mourn the loss of our longtime colleague and friend Nancy Parker. Details have not been released by authorities, but we can confirm she passed away in plane crash while covering a story at the New Orleans Lakefront Airport.

“Nancy was absolutely a joy to work with each and every day”, said FOX 8 Vice President and General Manager Tim Ingram. “Today we lost a wonderful journalist and remarkable friend, the New Orleans television community lost a true treasure, but beyond that, her family lost a wife, a mother and daughter. Our thoughts and prayers are with them.”

Gray Management has just issued a statement on her death.
 
https://www.fox8live.com/2019/08/17/husband-glynn-boyd-nancy-dearest-most-wonderful-person-my-life/

Now the family has issued a statement on Nancy Parker's death.

My heart is shattered.
The dearest and most wonderful person in my life is gone.
Our Nancy was an amazing human being.
I was so proud of her; first as an awesome mother of our three children, just incredible. She loved them so much. This is why this is so difficult to comprehend. And she was a true professional, a master of her craft.
She had so much to give. So smart, so talented, she was my everything.. I just don’t know. I really don’t. No man, but God could’ve taken Nancy from my arms. I loved her and she loved me. We were best friends.
I would trade places with her right now. I should’ve been on that plane.
She was our road map, our compass, our guiding light. I’m lost without my wife. My faith tells me joy will come in the morning. My joy will come when I see Jesus and my Nancy Face to Face.

The outpouring of support has been incredible, social media, phone calls, texts and local media.

Please, please keep us in prayer.
And lift up my in-laws in prayer as well. Nancy was the apple of their eyes. Fox 8 we love you. This battle is not mine. I’m turning it over to the lord.

Lastly, as the kids and I mourn our loss, we ask for privacy. We appreciate what so many of you have done already. We will all get together soon and celebrate the life of Nancy Parker Boyd.
 
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