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John Cooksey Parks

25 May 1899 – 29 Jul 1972

Birth	25 May 1899
Death	29 Jul 1972
Cemetery	Centuries Memorial Park Shreveport , Caddo Parish , Louisiana , USA
Added by	Lynda Betts on 23 Jan 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/31270235

Bio

Funeral Services for John C. Parks, 73, of Forbing, who died early Saturday at Willis-Knighton Hospital, will be at 2:30 p. m. today in Rose-Neath Funeral Home Chapel. Officiating will be the Rev. A. J. Parks, pastor of United Pentecostal Church of Longville. Burial will be in Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Parks was born in Newton County, Miss. to John Quincy Parks and Emma Hollingsworth Parks. He formerly resided in Darnelle and had resided in Shreveport for the past four years. He was a retired fireman with the Louisiana Forestry Commission. Survivors include his widow; four sons, John O. Parks of Houston, Tex., Ray E. Parks of Bossier City, Carl W. Parks of French Settlement and Glen A. Parks of Haughton; two daughters, Mrs. Helen Falcon of Forbing and Mrs. Ruth Walker of Denham Springs; and 26 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. Pallbearers will be Franklin Falcon Jr., Herman Walker Jr., W. J. Roy, Randy Roy, Wayne Parks and Rickey Parks, grandsons. Published in The Shreveport Times, August 5, 1972

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Family

Parents

• John Quincy Rayburn "Johnnie" Parks 1867–1948
• Emma Cornelia Hollingsworth Parks 1871–1914

Spouse

• Mary Virginia Welch Parks 1902–1976

Siblings

• Willie Oscar Parks 1890–1967
• Rhoda May Parks McMillan 1892–1914
• Robert L. Parks 1895–1896
• Ila Ollie Parks Folks 1902–1953
• Heze Q. Parks 1904–1964
• Avert Parks 1907–1972

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