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IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Mattie L.
Parks
February 7, 1926 – May 4, 2008
Obituary
Mrs. Mattie L. Parks, 82 of 4641 Northview Street, Winston-Salem, NC passed away Sunday, May 4, 2008 at her residence.
She was born February 7, 1926 in Winston-Salem, NC to Johnson and Blanche Galloway. She attended the Forsyth County Public Schools and was an employee of Duplan Textiles.
Mrs. Parks was a lifelong member of Union Chapel Baptist Church where she was a member of the senior choir until her health began to decline.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her son, John L. Parks, Jr.
Left to cherish her memories are her husband of 66 years, Mr. John L. Parks, Sr. of the home; her youngest sister, Mrs. Ruth Washington of Winston-Salem, NC; four sons, Edward (Sandra) Parks, Sr. and Kenneth (Rita) Parks both of Winston-Salem, NC, and Richard (Shirley) Parks and Douglas Parks both of New York; one daughter, Patricia (Gerald) Dancy of Woodbridge, VA; one daughter-in-law, Norma Jean Parks; eleven grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren ; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at Noon, Friday, May 9, 2008 from the Union Chapel Baptist Church with Pastor Konnie G. Robinson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family visitation will be held from 11:30am until Noon on Friday at the Church.
She was born February 7, 1926 in Winston-Salem, NC to Johnson and Blanche Galloway. She attended the Forsyth County Public Schools and was an employee of Duplan Textiles.
Mrs. Parks was a lifelong member of Union Chapel Baptist Church where she was a member of the senior choir until her health began to decline.
She was preceded in death by her parents; and her son, John L. Parks, Jr.
Left to cherish her memories are her husband of 66 years, Mr. John L. Parks, Sr. of the home; her youngest sister, Mrs. Ruth Washington of Winston-Salem, NC; four sons, Edward (Sandra) Parks, Sr. and Kenneth (Rita) Parks both of Winston-Salem, NC, and Richard (Shirley) Parks and Douglas Parks both of New York; one daughter, Patricia (Gerald) Dancy of Woodbridge, VA; one daughter-in-law, Norma Jean Parks; eleven grandchildren; seventeen great-grandchildren ; and a host of other relatives and friends.
Funeral services will be held at Noon, Friday, May 9, 2008 from the Union Chapel Baptist Church with Pastor Konnie G. Robinson. Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. The family visitation will be held from 11:30am until Noon on Friday at the Church.
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