November 8, 2003

Published 12:00 am Monday, November 10, 2003

Viola Parks

Kosciusko Viola Parks died Thursday, Nov. 6, 2003 at Montfort Jones Memorial Hospital in Kosciusko. She was 101.

Mrs. Parks was a member of Ethel Baptist Church where she was a former Sunday school class secretary, Sunday school teacher and member of WMU. She was a member of the Ethel Chapter of the Eastern Star.

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She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie E. Parks.

Mrs. Parks is survived by her daughter, Nancy Parks Nevels of Vicksburg; her son, Charles Parks of Kosciusko; her step-son, Haywood Parks of Florence and numerous grandchildren, great-grandchildren and several great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10:30 a.m. today at Ethel Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Stonewall Cemetery in Ethel.

Memorials may be made to Ethel Baptist Church.