Extracted from The Franklin Sun (Winnsboro, LA)
Thursday, November 25, 1965

Mrs. Parks

Funeral services were held Wednesday at Mulhearn Chapel for Mr. Mary McKaskle Parks, 81, of Winnsboro. The Rev. M. David Felder and the Rev. Wayne Stroud officiated. Burial was in Ogden cemetery.

Mrs. McKaskle died Monday at a local hospital, after a lengthy illness.

She is survived by seven sons, Roy Stapp, principal of Winnsboro Junior High School, Paul Stapp of Friendswood, Tex., Charles Ray McKaskle of Alexandria, Frank McKaskle of Wisner, George McKaskle of Manhattan, Kan., Nolan McKaskle of Dallas, Tex., and Olan McKaskle, San Diego, Calif.; four daughters, Mrs. Clara Wiggins of Galena Park, Tex., Mrs. Mary Johnson of Lake Charles, Mrs. Ruby Darby of Huntsville, Ala., and Mrs. Odessa Davis, Winnsboro; and one brother, Bill Simms, Dallas.

Mrs. Parks' grandsons served as pallbearers.