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C. Robert ParksPassing: September 7, 2011

Service:

First Baptist Church

Funeral Service

Sunday, September 9th @ 3:30 pm

Visitation:

Chastain Funeral Home

Saturday, September 8th @ 3:00-8:00 pm

Sunday, September 9th @ 9:00 - 11:00 am

Cemetery:

Mitchell Cemetery

MITCHELL — C. Robert Parks, 76, passed away at 7:30 p.m. Friday, September 7, 2011, at Bedford Regional Medical Center.

Born May 10, 1925, in Lawrence County, he was the son of Wilford and Ada Cleo (Gilliatt) Parks.  He married Kathryn A. McPherson October 8, 1945, and she survives.

He was a farmer, an avid reader, and loved to travel.  He began Parks Implement Sales in a garage in 1946, and was a bus driver for Mitchell Community Schools for 17 years.

Robert was a 1944 graduate of Mitchell High School, a member of the Mitchell Masonic Lodge No. 228 F&AM, former member of the Mitchell Rotary Club, and served seven years on the Marion Township Advisory Board.

He was a member of the First Baptist Church and had been a choir member of 48 years.

Surviving:
wife,
Kathryn Parks of Mitchell
daughter,
Vickie Lee of Greenwood
son,
Charles Robert Parks II of Mithell
granddaughters,
Dr. Jodi A. Parks of Indianapolis
Bridget J. Lee of Bloomington
sisters,
Hazel Russell of Mitchell
Mary F. Kornfield, of Tamarac, Florida

He was preceded in death by his parents; an infant son, Michael David Parks; and two brothers, Clifford and Lowell Parks.

Funeral service will be at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, September 9, at the First Baptist Church with Reverend Raymond Bunn officiating.  Burial will be in Mitchell Cemetery.

Friends may call from 3:00-8:00  p.m. Saturday, from 9:00 -11:00 a.m. Sunday at Chastain Funeral Home and from 2:30 -3:30 p.m. Sunday at the church.

Memorial Gifts: American Heart Association

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