UPSON COUNTY, GA - Obits  Mr & Mrs. Phillip C. Parks

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 MR. P.C. PARKS PASSES AWAY
Death claimed one of Upson County's best known citizens Monday when Mr. Phillip C. Parks passed on to the great beyond. He had been in declining health for the past year and had been confined to his home for several months. He had realized for sometime that his end was near and was prepared for it, according to the testimony of those near him.

       The funeral and burial of Mr. Parks were held Tuesday afternoon. The funeral was held from the Methodist church and the body was laid to rest in Glenwood cemetery. The following acted as pall bearers and honorary escort: E. T. Black, W. O. Britt, C. M. Pasley, Sr., A. B. Colquitt, J. W. Mc Daniel, H. H. Birdsong, L. P. Davis, J. A. Waller, escort J. F. Colquitt, W. A. Whittle, Col. Claude Worrill, Col. M. D. Womble.

       The funeral exercises were conducted by Rev. E. W. Jones, pastor Thomaston Methodist church, assisted by Rev. C. S. Durden, pastor Thomaston Baptist Church, and Rev. S.H. Whatley, pastor Grace Primitive Baptist church,  C. M. Pasley & Son, funeral directors, in charge of arrangements.

    Mr. Parks was 67 years and seven months of age and had lived in Upson County nearly all her life.  He was a member of Thomaston Methodist Church.

  Mr. Parks was one of the best known citizens of Upson Co. He had been identified with the livestock business for a number of years and had business dealings with a great many people. He had represented Upson County two terms in the lower house of  the GA. Legislature. The deceased had been married twice and is survived by his second wife and the following children by the first marriage; Mrs. Louie Caraway of Macon, Mrs. Oscar Zorn and Mr. Oscar Parks of Thomaston.  The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of the people of the community in their loss.

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Mrs. P. C. Parks died at her home in this city last
Saturday morning at 5 o'clock. Mrs. Parks had been ill
for a long time and her death had been expected for
several days.

The funeral of the deceased was held Sunday at Grace
Primitive Baptist church and the exercises were conducted
by by Rev. W. W. Childs. The remains were laid to rest in
Glenwood Cemetery immediately thereafter. The exercises
were attended by a large number of sorrowing relatives
and friends. 

Mrs. Parks was sixty-two years of age and leave a husband
and three children: Mr. Oscar Parks, Mrs. G. O. Zorn, and
Mrs. Emmie Caraway, of Macon, who will mourn her loss.

The deceased was a member of the Primitive Baptist
church. 

The people of the community unite in extending sympathy
to the bereaved husband and children in their great loss.