Obituaries:  Mrs. Ione Marks, Sabine Parish       M-620
Source:  Sabine Index, Many, La., Jun 6, 2001
Submitted by: Carl Dilbeck
              carlrad@earthlink.net




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Mrs. Ione Marks (Photo)

  Mrs. Ione Marks, 81, a 34-year resident of Sabine Parish, died
June 1, 2001, at the Toledo Nursing Center in Zwolle.

  Funeral services were held at 10 a.m., June 4, at Warren Meadows
Funeral Home in Many, with interment following at Zwolle City
Cemetery.

  Mrs. Marks was a talented artist and teacher of art, who helped
establish the Sabine Parish Art Guild. At art shows, she was
recognized with numerous awards for her work, and her paintings
have been exhibited at Art World Galleries of Oklahoma City, One
Main Gallery of Dallas, and Waynneswood Galleries of Dallas. Mrs.
Marks wrote poetry, and earned her pilot's license. Besides her
lifelong art career, she also worked as an accountant for Youngs
Memorial Vo-Tech in Morgan City, as activities director for the
Sabine Council on Aging in Many, and as a real estate agent in
the Toledo Bend Lake area.

  Yvonne "Ione" Marcine Hughes Parsons Marks of Many, was born in
Arkansas City, Kan., on November 22, 1919. She was preceded in
death by her first husband, Clarence Alfred Parsons, who died in
1982; her parents, Claude and Ola Hughes; and her brother, Claude
Hughes.

  Survivors include her husband, Kenneth Marks of Many; her son,
Frank Parsons of Denver, N. C.; her daughters, Connie Parsons
Archbald of Santa Barbara, Calif., and Cara Leggett of Zwolle;
her stepdaughter, Susan Marks of Shreveport; her sister, Agnes
Lones of Dublin, Ohio; her sister-in-law, Mary Lanie of Luther,
Okla.; four grandchildren; four step grandchildren; and six great
step grandchildren.

  The family wishes to thank Dr. Pathek, the staff of Sabine
Medical Center, and the staff of Toledo Nursing Center, who took
such loving care of her during the last four years of her life,
members of Bayou Scie Methodist Church, Zwolle First Methodist
Church, the Rev. Bonita Davis, Father Kenneth Williams, and
William Ruffin.

  Warren Meadows, Many, La.