The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Wednesday, October 18, 1995            TAG: 9510180325
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                         LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

FLORINE M. PARKS

Florine Mathias Parks, 81, formerly of Arlington Place, died Oct. 17, 1995, in Suffolk.

Mrs. Parks, a native of Corapeake, N.C., was a retired seamstress. She was a member of Westhaven Baptist Church, Portsmouth.

Survivors include one daughter, Peggy B. Howell of Portsmouth; one son, Marvin E. Brinkley of Portsmouth; one brother, Louis Mathias of Corapeake; five grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

A graveside service will be conducted at 3 p.m. Thursday in Olive Branch Cemetery, by the Rev. W. Thomas Wood. The family will receive friends at Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Boulevard Chapel, from 7 to 8 p.m. today and other times at 4312 Scott St., Portsmouth.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB