TEXARKANA GAZETTE - TUESDAY AUGUST 9, 1966
MRS. MISSIE C. PARKS
Mrs. Missie C. Parks, 85, of 406 Walnut Street, Texarkana, Ark., died at 10:50 a.m. in a local nursing home. Born March 15, 1881, in Oklahoma, she had lived in Texarkana for the past 35 years, having moved from Amarillo, Texas. She was a member of the First methodist Church, Ark. Survivors include her husband, John T. Parks, a granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Helen Higginbotham, and a great-grandson, John Parks Higginbotham, all of Texarkana; and a sister, Mrs. Edith Whitney of Oklahoma City, Okla. The family will be at 104 Georgian Terrace. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Texarkana Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Hillis officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens.
MRS. MISSIE C. PARKS
Mrs. Missie C. Parks, 85, of 406 Walnut Street, Texarkana, Ark., died at 10:50 a.m. in a local nursing home. Born March 15, 1881, in Oklahoma, she had lived in Texarkana for the past 35 years, having moved from Amarillo, Texas. She was a member of the First methodist Church, Ark. Survivors include her husband, John T. Parks, a granddaughter, Mrs. Mary Helen Higginbotham, and a great-grandson, John Parks Higginbotham, all of Texarkana; and a sister, Mrs. Edith Whitney of Oklahoma City, Okla. The family will be at 104 Georgian Terrace. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Texarkana Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Ralph Hillis officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Gardens.
- 23 Mar 1881 - Birth - ; Shady Grove, Jones Co., Mississippi
- 9 Aug 1966 - Burial - East Memorial Gardens ; Texarkana, Miller Co., Arkansas
- 8 Aug 1966 - Death - ; Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas
- 1930 - Residence - ; Amarillo, Potter, Texas
- 1 Apr 1940 - Residence - ; Garland, Miller Co., Arkansas
- 1910 - Residence - ; Econtuchk, Seminole, Oklahoma
- 1910 - Residence - ; Econtuchk, Seminole, Oklahoma
- 1900 - Residence - ; Keokuk Falls Town, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory
- 1930 - Residence - ; Amarillo, Potter, Texas
- 1 Apr 1940 - Residence - ; Garland, Miller Co., Arkansas
- 1910 - Residence - ; Econtuchk, Seminole, Oklahoma
- 1910 - Residence - ; Econtuchk, Seminole, Oklahoma
- 1900 - Residence - ; Keokuk Falls Town, Pottawatomie, Oklahoma Territory
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PARENT (M) William Thomas Sweatt | |||
Birth | 27 Jan 1832 | Georgia | |
Death | |||
Marriage | to Nancy Cornelia Crossley | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
PARENT (F) Nancy Cornelia Crossley | |||
Birth | 7 Apr 1850 | Georgia | |
Death | |||
Marriage | to William Thomas Sweatt | ||
Father | ? | ||
Mother | ? | ||
CHILDREN | |||
F | Missie C Sweatt | ||
Birth | 23 Mar 1881 | Shady Grove, Jones Co., Mississippi | |
Death | 8 Aug 1966 | Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas | |
Marriage | to John Triggs Parks | ||
F | Mary Elvina Sweatt | ||
Birth | 2 Apr 1871 | ||
Death | |||
M | William Edward Sweatt | ||
Birth | 8 Sept 1873 | Mississippi | |
Death | |||
F | Edith May Sweatt | ||
Birth | 10 Feb 1888 | Texas | |
Death | Sep 1972 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | |
Marriage | to Earl Wayne Whitney | ||
F | Naomi Virginia Sweatt | ||
Birth | 20 Mar 1876 | ||
Death | |||
F | Ruth Eudora Sweatt | ||
Birth | 19 Nov 1878 | ||
Death | 12 Dec 1878 |
PARENT (M) John Triggs Parks | |||
Birth | 6 Feb 1876 | Willow, Dallas Co., Arkansas | |
Death | 5 Nov 1966 | Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas | |
Marriage | to Missie C Sweatt | ||
Marriage | 28 Jul 1914 | to Helen A Roleke D.O. at Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri | |
Father | John D Parks | ||
Mother | Jane Matilda Triggs | ||
PARENT (F) Missie C Sweatt | |||
Birth | 23 Mar 1881 | Shady Grove, Jones Co., Mississippi | |
Death | 8 Aug 1966 | Texarkana, Bowie Co., Texas | |
Marriage | to John Triggs Parks | ||
Father | William Thomas Sweatt | ||
Mother | Nancy Cornelia Crossley | ||
CHILDREN |
[S-2122891854] | 1900 United States Federal Census |
[S-2122898309] | 1910 United States Federal Census |
[S-1785964978] | 1940 United States Federal Census |
[S-2123735284] | 1930 United States Federal Census |
[S-2122911199] | Texas Death Index, 1903-2000 |
1 Missie C Sweatt b: 23 Mar 1881 d: 8 Aug 1966
+ John Triggs Parks b: 6 Feb 1876 d: 5 Nov 1966
Laurel Notley
March 25, 2017 at 1:24 pm
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=sweatt&GSiman=1&GScid=98881&GRid=69761701&
that’s Wm. Edward’s grave marker. If yo keep looking at the maple Grove, Seminole website several others of them are nearby by Wm Thomas father George Washington Sweatt was buried in another town. it gets complicated, because i think there were two of them.