• General Notes

  Margaret's siblings are Lillian Bernice Perkins-Campbell, Charles Lee and Dellie Marie Reeves. She also had a baby sister named Arley Lea born 06/24/1937 and died 07/24/1937.
  Margaret's first husband was Houston Cole. They had Linda Marie Cole (Hernes) and Judy Katherine Cole (Shanks) together. She later married Dudley Parks. They had Dale Eugene, David Glen and twins Paul Ray and Gary Wayne together.
  Margaret was a fine mother. She was a very passionate person but also a very strong one. A very classy woman who carried herself with grace. She truly made her children feel safe and loved. She was also, physically, a very beautiful woman. I thought that in her younger years, she was "model" or "movie star", picturesque.
  I was able to let my mother know that I am homosexual. She was unwavered in her love and support form me. I was 23 when she died. I would have loved to have had her until old age called her, instead of breast cancer at the young age of 56.
  
  A couple of schools that mom went to, in her elementary years, were Mountain Grove (in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma) and Ross (near Porum, Oklahoma).
  
  Margaret's Obituary: From the "Roswell Daily Record" in Roswell, Chaves Co. NM
  
  Services are scheduled for 2p.m. Monday at the Ballard Funeral Home chapel for Margaret Mae Parks, 55 of 2815 Delicado Drive, who died Wednesday at St. Mary's Regional Health Center.
  The Rev. Don Patterson of Kingdom Hall of Jehovah's Witnesses will officiate.
  Special music will include "The Old Rugged Cross", "Amazing Grace", "God's Promise of Paradise" and "Life Without End at Last".
  Burial will be at Sough Park Cemetery.
  Mrs. Parks was born on August 15, 1932 in Webbers Falls, Oklahoma to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Millard Underwood. Her father preceded her in death while her mother, Vada Faye, survives her in Roswell, NM.
  A Roswell resident for 40 years, she was a package store attendant.
  She was preceded in death by one sister, Arley Lea.
  Survivors include four sons, Dale Eugene Parks of Lancaster, CA., David Glen Parks and Gary Wayne Parks of Albuquerque, NM., and Paul Ray Parks and his wife Shana of Roswell, NM.; two daughters, Linda Marie Hernes and her husband Gary of Santa Fe, NM. and Judy Katherine Shanks and her husband Bill of Roswell, NM.; one brother, Charles Lee Underwood of Roswell, two sisters, Lillian Bernice Campbell of Roswell and Dellie Marie Reeves and her husband Jim of Aloha, OR.; four grandchildren and a number of nieces and nephews.
  Pallbearers will be James Elliot, Bobby Irvin, Robert Shanks, Don Shaw, Elmer Smith and Tony Wolf.
  Honorary pallbearers are Travis Greer, Gary Hernes, Lloyd Romero and Bill Shanks.
  
  *You can find mom on "findagrave.com" website*
  
  To Margaret's descendents: Know that your fore-mother, Margaret Mae "Underwood" Parks was deeply loved by her entire family and by many friends she had. Be good to your family and friends, honor your ancestors and guide your descendents on the right path. Let God's grace carry you all... -Gary Wayne Parks

Details of Margaret Mae's family with Living Parks