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DATE: TUESDAY, July 24, 1990                   TAG: 9007240419
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B/2   EDITION: EVENING 
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OBIT--PARKS, A.

PARKS, ARCHIE B.\ Archie Blaynard Parks, age 81, of Melrose Towers, passed away Monday, July 23 at a local hospital after a lengthy illness. He was an usher and member of Forest Park Baptist Church and a retired barber from Crossroads Mall. He is survived by his wife, Irene W. Parks; one son and daughter-in-law, David and Nancy Parks, La Mesa, Calif.; two daughters and sons-in-law, Mary Ann and Dean Martin, Richmond, Va.; Kay and Grover James, Roanoke; six grandchildren; one great-grandson; one brother, Raymond J. Parks, Bristol, Tenn.; three sisters, Mrs. Leola Fleenor, Chattanooga, Tenn.; Mrs. Cleta Mae Stroud, Maxton, N.C.; Mrs. Christelle Groceclose, Winston Salem, N.C. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel with the Rev. Frank W. Feather and Dr. Paul S. Kennedy officiating. Interment will be in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. Friends may call at Oakey's Roanoke Chapel. 


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