TERREBONNE and LAFOURCHE Parishes, La.

OBITUARIY for  PARKS, BRIAN   

Submitted by: Louis Lavedan

Published in Houma Today & The Daily Comet from Oct. 28 to Oct. 29, 2013

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PARKS, BRIAN  

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Brian James Parks, 39, a native of Marrero and resident of Thibodaux, passed 
away at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013. 

Visitation will be held in his honor from 8:30 a.m. until funeral time Thursday 
at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Thibodaux. A Mass of Christian 
burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at the church, 

with burial in St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church cemetery in Thibodaux. 

He was the loving father of Brianna and Hailey Parks; former husband of 
Patricia Grabert; son of Allen J Parks Jr., of Thibodaux, and Cynthia Udemans, 
of Margate, Fla.; and brother of Allen J Parks III and Jason J Parks. He was 
preceded in death by his grandparents, Allen Joseph Parks Sr. and Marie Durapau 
Parks, and Sam Bauman and Bernadette Miller Bauman. 

He was a recent resident of Corpus Christi, Texas, where he was employed as an 
oil field mechanic at Tetra Technologies and had many loving friends. He also 
formerly served as a first responder and firefighter with the Thibodaux 
Volunteer Fire Department, the Protector Fire Company II and Jefferson Parish, 
Terrytown Volunteer Fire Department. 
He enjoyed performing as a D.J., cooking in competitive barbeque cook offs, 
hunting and fishing. 

The family would like to extend their sincerest appreciation to the staff and 
loving caregivers of St. Joseph Hospice in Thibodaux, Vosswood Nursing Center 
in Houston, Texas, and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. 

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the American Cancer 
Society or for memorial Masses. 

Thibodaux Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. 

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