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Submitted: 12/5/20 • Approved: 12/6/20 • Last Updated: 12/9/20 • R369937-G369937-S3
William H.
April 4, 1860-January 30, 1918
Adella L.
April 8, 1864-July 5, 1938
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*William
Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: William Henry Parks
Birth Date: 8 Apr 1860
Birth Place: Newton County, Mississippi
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Hutchinson
Father: Thomas Parks
Mother: Hariette Hollingsworth
Age at Death: 57
Death Date: 30 Jan 1918
Death Place: Hutchinson, Texas, USA
*Obituary for Adella
Mrs. Adelle Parks, 73 years old, former Stinnett resident, died last night at Waco, Texas, after a lingering illness.
Mrs. Parks lived in Stinnett for thirty years, taking up resident in 1904 and moving to Marlin in 1934. She had resided at Waco for the past years.
Mrs. Parks is the mother of fourteen children, eleven of them living. Mr. Parks died in 1918.
The surviving children are: H.N. Parks and Mrs. W.W. Windon [sic] of Clifton, Texas; Mrs. Ada Chapman of Mississippi; Mrs. Davie Marable of Ft. Stockton; Mrs. Ida Marable and Miss Alma Parks of Waco; Mrs. Nora Groves and Mrs. Eleanor Mowery of Stinnett; A.I. "Buddy" Parks of Pringle; Joe Parks and Roscoe Parks of Morse.
The Rev. Cecil Tune of Stinnett and the Rev. E.J. Norman of Wellington will conduct the services tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock at the Pringle School. Following burial will be in Leib cemetery.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald, July 5, 1938)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Mrs Adella Parks
[Mrs Adella Dansby]
Birth Date: 4 Apr 1864
Birth Place: Mississippi
Gender: Female
Race: White
Spouse: Widow of W H Parks
Father: Isom Dansby
Mother: Mary Thrash
Age at Death: 74
Death Date: 5 Jul 1938
Death Place: Waco, McLennan, Texas, USA
Contributed on 12/5/20 by neldapat
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