Virgil Eugene "Gene" Parks

VIRGIL EUGENE “GENE” PARKS, 94, OF 206 OAK STREET, CARRIER MILLS, IL DIED SUNDAY AUGUST 9, 2009 IN AMARILLO, TX. GRAVESIDE SERVICES WILL BE HELD SATURDAY AUGUST 15, 2009AT 2 PM AT COAL BANK SPRINGS CEMETERY. VISITATION WILL BE HELD SATURDAY FROM 11:30 AM TO 1:30 PM AT FELTY FUNERAL HOME IN CARRIER MILLS, IL. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WILL BE HELD SATURDAY IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE GRAVESIDE SERVICE AT INDIAN CAMP BAPTIST CHURCH. MEMORIALS MAY BE MADE TO THE COAL BANK SPRINGS CEMETERY AND MAY BE LEFT AT THE FUNERAL HOME. HE WAS BORN ON JULY 2, 1915 IN STONEFORT, IL TO THE LATE ROY & BESSIE (CHAMNESS) PARKS. HE MARRIED MALLIE MARIE TANNER ON NOVEMBER 18, 1939 AND SHE PRECEDED IN DEATH ON APRIL 9, 1993. HE WAS A RETIRED COAL MINER AND A MEMBER OF THE INDIAN CAMP BAPTIST CHURCH. HE IS SURVIVED BY A DAUGHTER: BEVERLY (PHIL) FAABORG OF DALLAS CITY, IL; A DAUGHTER IN LAW: JANICE PARKS OF GEORGETOWN, KY; A BROTHER: PHILLIP PARKS OF AMARILLO, TX; 6 GRANDCHILDREN: ANGELA; TRACEY; SHANNON; TONY; TIM AND TROY; AND 12 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. HE WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS WIFE: MALLIE PARKS; HIS PARENTS: A SON: NOEL PARKS; AND 3 BROTHERS: ROY PARKS JR; ORLIE PARKS SR; AND WILLIAM F. PARKS.