Donald Parks

BLOMFIELD, Mo. - Donald Ray Parks Sr., 78, died April 12, 2017.

Born Dec. 27, 1938, he was the son of the late Doyle Ray Parks and Sarah Bernice (Shrum) Parks.

On July 3, 1960, he married Alice L. Boyles.

Survivors include four children and their spouses, Tina (Parks) and Larry Jarrell, Penny (Parks) and Aaron Conray, Donald (Bud) and Angie (Hood) Parks and Leebo and Sheri (Doerschlen) Parks; seven siblings, Mary Duncan, Bill Parks, Shirley Burton, Ruth Parks, Karen Sue Waggoneer, Bobby Parks and Onie Parks; 10 grandchildren; and 14 great-grandchildren.

One granddaughter, Markita Crowe, preceded him in death.

Visitation will be from 10 a.m. until time of service at 1 p.m. Friday at the Chiles-Cooper Funeral Home in Bloomfield.

A graveside service will follow at the Fairview Cemetery near Puxico