Footstone: "Roxie W. Parks"
"Asleep in Jesus"
Note there is a difference in the footstone dates vs headstone dates.
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PARKS, Roxie Ward The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1950
Funeral services for Mrs. Roxie Ward Parks, 44, resident of the Beech Hill community, who died at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, February 27, at Wheat Memorial Hospital in Lewisburg after a long illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Diana Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister and Rev J. C. Elkins, pastor or the church.
She was a member of the Chestnut Grove Methodist Church, and a lifelong resident of Giles County. She was the daughter of the late Andrew J. Ward and Fannie Viola Barnes Ward.
Mrs. Parks is survived by her husband, Tommy Parks; two daughters, Margaret Ann and Martha Marie Parks; one son, Donald Eugene Parks; two step-sons, Thomas Parks, Jr., Lewisburg and James Parks, U. S. Army stationed in Atlanta, Ga.; two step-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Thurman Deason, Columbia, Mrs. Ed Stafford, Mrs. Rufus Lawhorn and Miss Annie Ward, al of Giles County.
"Asleep in Jesus"
Note there is a difference in the footstone dates vs headstone dates.
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PARKS, Roxie Ward The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1950
Funeral services for Mrs. Roxie Ward Parks, 44, resident of the Beech Hill community, who died at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, February 27, at Wheat Memorial Hospital in Lewisburg after a long illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Diana Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister and Rev J. C. Elkins, pastor or the church.
She was a member of the Chestnut Grove Methodist Church, and a lifelong resident of Giles County. She was the daughter of the late Andrew J. Ward and Fannie Viola Barnes Ward.
Mrs. Parks is survived by her husband, Tommy Parks; two daughters, Margaret Ann and Martha Marie Parks; one son, Donald Eugene Parks; two step-sons, Thomas Parks, Jr., Lewisburg and James Parks, U. S. Army stationed in Atlanta, Ga.; two step-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Thurman Deason, Columbia, Mrs. Ed Stafford, Mrs. Rufus Lawhorn and Miss Annie Ward, al of Giles County.
Footstone: "Roxie W. Parks"
"Asleep in Jesus"
Note there is a difference in the footstone dates vs headstone dates.
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PARKS, Roxie Ward The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1950
Funeral services for Mrs. Roxie Ward Parks, 44, resident of the Beech Hill community, who died at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, February 27, at Wheat Memorial Hospital in Lewisburg after a long illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Diana Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister and Rev J. C. Elkins, pastor or the church.
She was a member of the Chestnut Grove Methodist Church, and a lifelong resident of Giles County. She was the daughter of the late Andrew J. Ward and Fannie Viola Barnes Ward.
Mrs. Parks is survived by her husband, Tommy Parks; two daughters, Margaret Ann and Martha Marie Parks; one son, Donald Eugene Parks; two step-sons, Thomas Parks, Jr., Lewisburg and James Parks, U. S. Army stationed in Atlanta, Ga.; two step-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Thurman Deason, Columbia, Mrs. Ed Stafford, Mrs. Rufus Lawhorn and Miss Annie Ward, al of Giles County.
"Asleep in Jesus"
Note there is a difference in the footstone dates vs headstone dates.
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PARKS, Roxie Ward The Pulaski Citizen 1 Mar 1950
Funeral services for Mrs. Roxie Ward Parks, 44, resident of the Beech Hill community, who died at 5 o'clock Monday afternoon, February 27, at Wheat Memorial Hospital in Lewisburg after a long illness, were held Tuesday afternoon at the Diana Methodist Church. Rites were conducted by the Rev. Mack Pinkelton, Baptist minister and Rev J. C. Elkins, pastor or the church.
She was a member of the Chestnut Grove Methodist Church, and a lifelong resident of Giles County. She was the daughter of the late Andrew J. Ward and Fannie Viola Barnes Ward.
Mrs. Parks is survived by her husband, Tommy Parks; two daughters, Margaret Ann and Martha Marie Parks; one son, Donald Eugene Parks; two step-sons, Thomas Parks, Jr., Lewisburg and James Parks, U. S. Army stationed in Atlanta, Ga.; two step-grandchildren; four sisters, Mrs. Thurman Deason, Columbia, Mrs. Ed Stafford, Mrs. Rufus Lawhorn and Miss Annie Ward, al of Giles County.
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ROXIE PARKS
JAN. 9, 1905
FEB. 27, 1950
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