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Thomas Hubert “Bear” Parks

8 Dec 1905 – 29 Apr 2001

Birth	8 Dec 1905
Death	29 Apr 2001
Cemetery	Meadowbrook Memorial Park Paris , Lamar County , Texas , USA
Added by	Kimberly Ramsey McClusky on 25 Apr 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/200021696

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Parks, Thomas H. 225757 Birth: 12/08/1905 Death: 04/29/2001 Marriage: 12/19/1926 Cemetery: Meadowbrook THE PARIS NEWS, Monday, April 30, 2001: ’Thomas H. ‘Bear’ Parks, 95, of Paris died at 4:34 a.m. Sunday, April 29, 2001, at McCuistion Regional Medical Center. Fry and Gibbs Funeral Home will conduct graveside services at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 1, at Meadowbrook Cemetery with the Rev. Jerry Moore officiating. The family will be at the home of Stanton and Juanell Ramsey on FM 2648 in Powderly Monday evening. Mr. Parks was born Dec. 8, 1905, in Lamar County to William and Winifred Dabbs Parks. He married Dorothy Bell Sanders Dec. 19, 1926, in the Slate Shoals community. Mr. Parks was a farmer and rancher in Lamar County for most of his adult life. Surviving are his wife of 75 years, Dorothy; three children, Hubert Parks and wife Jewell of Irving, Billie Blaylock and husband Ronald of Paris, and Juanell Ramsey and husband Stanton of Powderly; three grandchildren, Kim McClusky and husband Mike of Houston, Regenia Geyer and husband Mike, and Larry Parks and wife Linda, all of Irving; three great-grandchildren, Reid McClusky of Houston, Preston Geyer of Irving and Mathew Parks of San Jose, Calif.; two great-great-grandchildren; one brother, Gus Parks and one sister, Pauline Bryan, both of Paris. He was preceded in death by several brothers, one sister, and one grandson, Steve Blaylock, in 1991. Honorary pallbearers will be Rebel Brannan, Bobby McMonigle Benton Moss, Jim Shotemate, Buddy Michael, and James Sharrock.

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Family

Parents

• James William Parks 1873–1966
• Susan Winfred Dabbs Parks 1879–1930

Spouse

• Dorothy Bell Sanders Parks 1910–2006 FaG

Siblings

• Minnie Dora Parks Walton 1892–1983
• Minnie Belle Parks Wright Mantooth 1895–1995
• John Richard "Dick" Parks 1897–1940
• Arthur Moore Parks 1900–1961
• Charles Edward "Charlie" Parks 1903–1979
• Harry L. Parks 1909–1990
• Howard W Parks 1909–1997
• Clarence Harvey "Gus" Parks 1914–2005
• Virginia Pauline Parks Bryan 1916–2002

Children

• Hubert Lunsford "Monk" Parks 1928–2022 FaG
• Billie Ruth Parks Blaylock 1930–2018 FaG
• Dorothy Juanell Parks Ramsey 1934–2019 FaG

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