Obituary of Elbert Parks, Jr.

EC Parks Elbert C. Parks, Jr. Retired U. S. Navy Elbert Curtis Parks, Jr., age 78, of 303 Troy Drive, Elizabeth City, NC, died Friday, September 30, 2005 at the Albmarle Hospital. Mr. Parks, a native of Prairie Du Rocher, IL, was the husband of Gertrude Beere Parks of the residence. He was a retired Engineman First Class from the U. S. Navy and a veteran of WW II, Korea, and Viet Nam; and a Baptist. Besides his wife he is survived by four daughters, Rosemary Harrell, and Linda Cahill, both of Gates, NC, Annie Cox of Chesapeake, VA, and Jackie Williams of Sunbury, NC; two sons, Curtis Parks, III, of Portsmouth, VA, and Larry Parks of Gates, NC; thirteen grandchildren; four great grand children; and a cousin, Evelyn Jennings of Forest Hill, MO. A funeral service with full military honors and burial will be at West Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery Monday, October 3, 2005, at 2:00 PM with the Rev. Kenneth C. McNiell officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Sunday from 6:00 to 7:30 PM and at other times at the residence. Memorial donations may be made to the American Diabetes Association, 434 Fayetteville Street West, Raleigh, NC 27601. Twiford’s Memorial Chapel, 405 East Church Street, Elizabeth City, NC, is in charge of arrangements. You may sign the online guest register at www.twifordfh.com.