Thomas Byron PARKS

1926 - 2013  (86 years)

• Name	Thomas Byron PARKS  [1, 2]
  Birth	9 Oct 1926	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	7 Sep 2013	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA   [4]
  Obituary	8 Sep 2013	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA
  Obituary
  Thomas Byron Parks, aged 86 years, passed away peacefully on Saturday, September 7, 2013 after a lengthy illness. He is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, [], of the home; sister [] of Burbank, CA; brother-in-law and sister-in-law [] of Winchester, VA; daughter and son-in-law [] of Durham; daughter and son-in-law [] of Raleigh; two grandchildren; and one great granddaughter. Tom Parks was born in Detroit, MI on October 9, 1926 and served honorably in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. Afterward, he lived in Detroit, Lansing, and New Hudson, MI during 35 years of employment with Honeywell Corporation as a systems engineer and sales representative. Tom and Chris moved to Raleigh after his retirement to be near their daughters. Tom Parks was a man of varied and intense interests. At one time, he owned a catamaran that he loved to sail on the lakes of Lower Michigan. Later, he and [] were both enthusiastic members of the community theater of Brighton, MI and took great pleasure in acting and singing in musical productions as well as doing backstage work. During his entire life, Tom had a passion for music and learned to play the guitar, dulcimer, and other stringed instruments. Eventually, he taught himself to compose music and spent many hours creating choral and instrumental pieces, which can be found on his personal website Songsforpraise.com. Finally, Tom loved to travel and read. While living in Michigan, he took his family on several long vacation trips and countless shorter ones, many of which were spent camping in state and national parks. Tom loved books of all kinds, especially ones about history, and continued to take pleasure in audio books even after his eyesight began to fail. Funeral arrangements will be by Mitchell Funeral Home of Raleigh, and details may be found at www.mitchellatrmp.com. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to Friends of the N.C. Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1841 Capital Blvd., Raleigh, NC 27635 (www.friendsnclbph.org).
  Burial	10 Sep 2013	Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA
  	Address: Raleigh Memorial Park North Carolina Wake County, News & Observer
  Person ID	I22552	An Armstrong & A Heffernan
  Last Modified	1 Oct 2016

  
  

  Father	Thomas Raymond PARKS,   b. 27 Sep 1891, Ripley, Tippah, Mississippi, USA d. 26 Jan 1979, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Pearl Purity MILLICAN,   b. 13 Feb 1900, Drummonds, Tipton, Tennessee, USA d. 13 Mar 1986, Burbank, Los Angeles, California, USA (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1920
  Family ID	F5472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Birth - 9 Oct 1926 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Death - 7 Sep 2013 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Obituary - Obituary - 8 Sep 2013 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA Burial - Address: Raleigh Memorial Park North Carolina Wake County, News & Observer - 10 Sep 2013 - Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

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  [S1862] 1930 Wayne MI, ED 441, pg 15A. Byron Parks [S2120] 1940 Wayne MI, ED 84-380, pg 4B. Thomas B Parks [S1862] 1930 Wayne MI, ED 441, pg 15A. age 3, Michigan [S767] Obituary, News & Observer, 8 Sep 2013, Thomas Byron Parks.