Jack Parks (1912 - 1980)

Born 28 Jan 1912 in Tennessee, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Trixie W (Gray) Parks — married 23 Dec 1933 in Giles County, Tennessee, United States

Died 13 Feb 1980 at age 68 in Oak Hill, Volusia County, Florida, United States

Biography

Jack was born in 1912. He is the son of Roy Parks] and Eva Colsher. He passed away in 1980.

Obituary

Funeral services for Jack Parkes, 68, of New Smyrna Beach, Fla. were held last Friday from the chapel of Harrison Funeral Home. Rev. David Spencer officiated. Burial was in the Lynchburg cemetery. Mr. Parkes died at his home in Florida last Wednesday after an extended illness. He was retired from the US Corps of Engineers. He was a native of Moore County and a son of the late Roy H. and Eva Colsher Parkes. Survivors include his wife Mrs. Trixie Gray Parkes of Florida; one daughter, Mrs. Judy Murray of Tullahoma; two brothers, Roy H. Parkes Jr. of Lynchburg and Robert Parkes of Fayetteville and one grandchild. Pallbearers were Phil Parkes, Bill Gray, Bill Hobbs, Hal Parkes, Charles Edde and Robert J. Parkes.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN56-HX6 : accessed 28 November 2015), Jack Parks in household of Roy H Parks, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 26, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,821,757.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPHW-TSV : accessed 28 November 2015), Jack Parkes in entry for Roy H Parkes, 1930.

• "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKHQ-L36Y : accessed 28 November 2015), Jack Parks and Trixie Gray, 23 Dec 1933; citing Giles, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 1,928,679.

• "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VV47-M8S : accessed 28 November 2015), Jack Parks, 13 Feb 1980; from "Florida Death Index, 1877-1998," index, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com : 2004); citing vol. , certificate number 19590, Florida Department of Health, Office of Vital Records, Jacksonville.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JY23-TZ7 : accessed 28 November 2015), Jack Parks, Feb 1980; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• FindAGrave

• Cemetery marker [1]