Procession for boy who died of cancer

A few My Ballard and Fremont Universe readers emailed us to ask about a procession of Okanogan Sheriff’s vehicles seen driving east on Market St. at 9:30 this morning. Turns out, it was a caravan escorting the body of 8-year-old Parker Brown — the son of an Okanogan Sheriff’s deputy — who died after a six-year struggle with cancer. The boy’s family along with deputies and police officers from several agencies spanning the state participated in the procession today to bring the boy home from Ballard to Okanogan. A very heartbreaking story.