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Submitted: 12/6/20 • Approved: 12/7/20 • Last Updated: 12/10/20 • R370144-G370143-S3
William R.
August 2, 1886-May 27, 1975
Cora E.
March 21, 1883-October 25, 1968
*Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary for William
BORGER - Services for William Roscoe Parks were to be at 2 p.m. today at Morse School with T.J. Pittman of Primitive Baptist Church, to officiate.
Burial was to be in Lieb Cemetery by Ed Brown & Sons Funeral Home.
Mr. Parks, 88, died Tuesday at Leisure Lodge.
Mr. Parks, born in Josh County, had been a Morse resident since 1901. He came to Borger four months ago. He was a retired farmer and a member of Primitive Baptist Church.
Survivors include a son, a daughter, a brother, three sisters, nine grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren.
(Published in The Amarillo Globe-Times (Amarillo, Texas) - Thu, May 29, 1975 - Page 41)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: William Roscoe Parks
Birth Date: 2 Aug 1886
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Male
Race: White
Residence: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas
Father: Henry H Parks
Mother: Adella Dansby
Age at Death: 88
Death Date: 27 May 1975
Death Place: Borger, Hutchinson, Texas, USA
Correct spelling for Daughter is Sybil, Son is Gordon Isaac.
*Obituary for Cora
SPEARMAN (HC) - Funeral services for Mrs. Cora Elizabeth Parks, 85 years old, of Morse, will be conducted at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Morse School auditorium.
Officiating will be Elders Franklin Hardy of Amarillo and Val Henderson of Paducah. Interment will be in the Lieb Cemetery, under the direction of Boxwell Brothers Funeral Home.
Mrs. Parks died Friday at 8 a.m. in St. Anthony's Hospital, Amarillo. Born March 21, 1883, in Young County, she had been a resident of Morse since 1928, after moving to Hutchinson County in 1901. She was a member of the Primitive Baptist Church, Borger.
She married Roscoe Parks on Aug. 11, 1907, in Hutchinson County.
She is survived by the husband; a son, Gordon of Borger; a daughter, Mrs. O.A. Alexander of Kirtland, N.M.; a sister, Mrs. I.R. Tomkins of Spearman; 10 grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.
(Published in Borger News-Herald, Sunday, October 27, 1968)
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Texas, Death Certificates, 1903–1982
Name: Cora Elizabeth Parks
[Cora Elizabeth Mathews]
Birth Date: 21 Mar 1883
Birth Place: Texas
Gender: Female
Race: White
Residence: Mose, Hansford, Texas
Father: Jake Mathews
Age at Death: 85
Death Date: 25 Oct 1968
Death Place: Amarillo, Potter, Texas, USA
Contributed on 12/6/20 by neldapat
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