Osage County, Oklahoma, Obituary:  BILL E. PARKS

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BILL E. PARKS

OCNS - May 3, 2000 - Funeral services will be held Thursday, May 4, at 
2:00 p.m., in The Light House Pentecostal Church, 713 Leahy, Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma for Billy E. Parks, 71, who passed away May 1, 2000 in the 
Pawhuska Hospital following a prolonged illness. 

He was born April 10, 1929 in the Sunset Lake area, northeast of Pawhuska, 
Oklahoma, the son of Reverend Charley H. and Bessie Ann (Juby) Parks. 

He attended the Pawhuska School system and worked in the oil field all of 
his life. 

On January 11, 1971 in Miami, Oklahoma he married Sandra "Sandy" Nolan who 
survives at the home in Pawhuska. 

Bill was a member of The Light House Pentecostal Church, loved hunting and 
fishing and was an amateur taxidermist. 

Survivors in addition to his wife, Sandy, of the home are: five children, 
Martin Parks and Gloria "Jeannie" Trent of Pawhuska; Billy Parks II of 
Tulsa, Oklahoma; Johnny Davis of Ponca City, Oklahoma and Terri Kitchens 
of Bartlesville, Oklahoma; a sister, Charlene Louthan of Enid, Oklahoma; a 
brother, Charles Parks of Pawhuska; seventeen grandchildren, nine great 
grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends. 

Bill was preceded in death by a daughter, Delfine Hughbanks, a grandson, 
Jason Hughbanks; his parents and a sister, Bonnie LaFerry. 

Burial will be in the Pappan Cemetery, north of Pawhuska with Reverend 
Bill Boutman officiating under the direction of Johnson Funeral Directors.