S/0 Francis Marion Parks & Susan McClanahan. He married Roxie Belle Nations 28 Dec 1902 in Plainview, Hale, TX They
were parents of four children; Joe Ernest, Lornea Mae, Charlie MIlton, and Francis Marion Jr. He was an amateur Archeologist and had a large collection of Indian Artifacts. He was self education and born story teller.
A lot of our oral fanily history came from him.
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Obitury
Obituary -Plainview Herald,in File of Ann Pearson
Death Claims Pioneer - F. M.. Parks, 79 September 1,1961
F. M. Parks, 79 the pioneer Plains resident, died at 4:30 this morning at his home in the Finney community north of Plainview. He had been ill for three years.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Finney Baptist Church. The Rev. Hugh Magee of Converse and the Rev. Roland Burnett, pastor of the Finney Baptist Church, will conduct the rites.
Mr. Parks, born September 27, 1881, in Coryell County, came to Hale County from Crawford, Texas 74 years ago and his father homestead west of Plainview.
Parks recalled that in his youth , he helped gather buffalo bones which were hauled by wagon to Amarillo and sold for ten or twelve dollars per ton. He remembered that in 1890 an Indian scare sent people behind barricades in Plainview and that the scare was a case of someone mistaking cowboys for Indians. The family depended on antelope for their winter meat supply which was supplemented with wild turkey and waterfowl.
Parks and Miss Roxie Belle Nations were married at Plainview Dec, 28, 1902. They moved to Amarillo and Parks got employment at the railroad shop. He started as a roustabout at 15c per hour and after six years was an inspector. The Parks bought a lot at 10th and Garfield Streets and built a two room residence. The railroad shop burned in 1908 and the family moved to Plainview. After 40 years residence in one house Mr. & Mrs. Parks built a home in the country and moved there.
Parks, farmer and carpenter by occupation, was a enthusiastic collector of Indian artifacts and was widely recognized as an able amateur archaeologist. He and a son, Charlie, have one of the most complete private collections of artifacts anywhere. Parks, of large build and easy graciousness, lived almost of his entire lifetime in this community. His fine character was recognized wherever he was known. He is survived by his wife, three children, Ernest and Charlie Parks and Mrs. Mae Gipson, all of Plainview, eight grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren He was a member of the Finney Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at the Lemons funeral Home. Interment will be in the Plainview Cemetery.
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were parents of four children; Joe Ernest, Lornea Mae, Charlie MIlton, and Francis Marion Jr. He was an amateur Archeologist and had a large collection of Indian Artifacts. He was self education and born story teller.
A lot of our oral fanily history came from him.
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Obitury
Obituary -Plainview Herald,in File of Ann Pearson
Death Claims Pioneer - F. M.. Parks, 79 September 1,1961
F. M. Parks, 79 the pioneer Plains resident, died at 4:30 this morning at his home in the Finney community north of Plainview. He had been ill for three years.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Finney Baptist Church. The Rev. Hugh Magee of Converse and the Rev. Roland Burnett, pastor of the Finney Baptist Church, will conduct the rites.
Mr. Parks, born September 27, 1881, in Coryell County, came to Hale County from Crawford, Texas 74 years ago and his father homestead west of Plainview.
Parks recalled that in his youth , he helped gather buffalo bones which were hauled by wagon to Amarillo and sold for ten or twelve dollars per ton. He remembered that in 1890 an Indian scare sent people behind barricades in Plainview and that the scare was a case of someone mistaking cowboys for Indians. The family depended on antelope for their winter meat supply which was supplemented with wild turkey and waterfowl.
Parks and Miss Roxie Belle Nations were married at Plainview Dec, 28, 1902. They moved to Amarillo and Parks got employment at the railroad shop. He started as a roustabout at 15c per hour and after six years was an inspector. The Parks bought a lot at 10th and Garfield Streets and built a two room residence. The railroad shop burned in 1908 and the family moved to Plainview. After 40 years residence in one house Mr. & Mrs. Parks built a home in the country and moved there.
Parks, farmer and carpenter by occupation, was a enthusiastic collector of Indian artifacts and was widely recognized as an able amateur archaeologist. He and a son, Charlie, have one of the most complete private collections of artifacts anywhere. Parks, of large build and easy graciousness, lived almost of his entire lifetime in this community. His fine character was recognized wherever he was known. He is survived by his wife, three children, Ernest and Charlie Parks and Mrs. Mae Gipson, all of Plainview, eight grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren He was a member of the Finney Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at the Lemons funeral Home. Interment will be in the Plainview Cemetery.
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S/0 Francis Marion Parks & Susan McClanahan. He married Roxie Belle Nations 28 Dec 1902 in Plainview, Hale, TX They
were parents of four children; Joe Ernest, Lornea Mae, Charlie MIlton, and Francis Marion Jr. He was an amateur Archeologist and had a large collection of Indian Artifacts. He was self education and born story teller.
A lot of our oral fanily history came from him.
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Obitury
Obituary -Plainview Herald,in File of Ann Pearson
Death Claims Pioneer - F. M.. Parks, 79 September 1,1961
F. M. Parks, 79 the pioneer Plains resident, died at 4:30 this morning at his home in the Finney community north of Plainview. He had been ill for three years.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Finney Baptist Church. The Rev. Hugh Magee of Converse and the Rev. Roland Burnett, pastor of the Finney Baptist Church, will conduct the rites.
Mr. Parks, born September 27, 1881, in Coryell County, came to Hale County from Crawford, Texas 74 years ago and his father homestead west of Plainview.
Parks recalled that in his youth , he helped gather buffalo bones which were hauled by wagon to Amarillo and sold for ten or twelve dollars per ton. He remembered that in 1890 an Indian scare sent people behind barricades in Plainview and that the scare was a case of someone mistaking cowboys for Indians. The family depended on antelope for their winter meat supply which was supplemented with wild turkey and waterfowl.
Parks and Miss Roxie Belle Nations were married at Plainview Dec, 28, 1902. They moved to Amarillo and Parks got employment at the railroad shop. He started as a roustabout at 15c per hour and after six years was an inspector. The Parks bought a lot at 10th and Garfield Streets and built a two room residence. The railroad shop burned in 1908 and the family moved to Plainview. After 40 years residence in one house Mr. & Mrs. Parks built a home in the country and moved there.
Parks, farmer and carpenter by occupation, was a enthusiastic collector of Indian artifacts and was widely recognized as an able amateur archaeologist. He and a son, Charlie, have one of the most complete private collections of artifacts anywhere. Parks, of large build and easy graciousness, lived almost of his entire lifetime in this community. His fine character was recognized wherever he was known. He is survived by his wife, three children, Ernest and Charlie Parks and Mrs. Mae Gipson, all of Plainview, eight grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren He was a member of the Finney Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at the Lemons funeral Home. Interment will be in the Plainview Cemetery.
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were parents of four children; Joe Ernest, Lornea Mae, Charlie MIlton, and Francis Marion Jr. He was an amateur Archeologist and had a large collection of Indian Artifacts. He was self education and born story teller.
A lot of our oral fanily history came from him.
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Obitury
Obituary -Plainview Herald,in File of Ann Pearson
Death Claims Pioneer - F. M.. Parks, 79 September 1,1961
F. M. Parks, 79 the pioneer Plains resident, died at 4:30 this morning at his home in the Finney community north of Plainview. He had been ill for three years.
Funeral service will be conducted at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon at the Finney Baptist Church. The Rev. Hugh Magee of Converse and the Rev. Roland Burnett, pastor of the Finney Baptist Church, will conduct the rites.
Mr. Parks, born September 27, 1881, in Coryell County, came to Hale County from Crawford, Texas 74 years ago and his father homestead west of Plainview.
Parks recalled that in his youth , he helped gather buffalo bones which were hauled by wagon to Amarillo and sold for ten or twelve dollars per ton. He remembered that in 1890 an Indian scare sent people behind barricades in Plainview and that the scare was a case of someone mistaking cowboys for Indians. The family depended on antelope for their winter meat supply which was supplemented with wild turkey and waterfowl.
Parks and Miss Roxie Belle Nations were married at Plainview Dec, 28, 1902. They moved to Amarillo and Parks got employment at the railroad shop. He started as a roustabout at 15c per hour and after six years was an inspector. The Parks bought a lot at 10th and Garfield Streets and built a two room residence. The railroad shop burned in 1908 and the family moved to Plainview. After 40 years residence in one house Mr. & Mrs. Parks built a home in the country and moved there.
Parks, farmer and carpenter by occupation, was a enthusiastic collector of Indian artifacts and was widely recognized as an able amateur archaeologist. He and a son, Charlie, have one of the most complete private collections of artifacts anywhere. Parks, of large build and easy graciousness, lived almost of his entire lifetime in this community. His fine character was recognized wherever he was known. He is survived by his wife, three children, Ernest and Charlie Parks and Mrs. Mae Gipson, all of Plainview, eight grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren He was a member of the Finney Baptist Church. The body will lie in state at the Lemons funeral Home. Interment will be in the Plainview Cemetery.
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