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Obituary for Rosa Parks PARKS, Mother Rosa - Age 96, passed away Wednesday, May 23, 2012 at Avalon Hospice. Family hour 10 a.m. Thursday, May 31, 2012 at St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, 821 E. Court St., with funeral service commencing at 11 a.m. Pastor Orlando Goodman, officiating. Interment River Rest Cemetery, G-4413 Flushing Rd. Friends and pallbearers will assemble at the church 10 a.m. Thursday. Mother Parks will lie in state in the Chapel of Lawrence E. Moon Funeral Home, 906 W. Flint Park Blvd., and may be viewed from 1-8 p.m. Wednesday. Mother Rosa Mae Parks was born September 8, 1915 in Odessadale, Georgia, the daughter of Mose and Frankie Parks. Mother Parks was a longtime resident of Flint. She was a founding member of St. Luke Baptist Church and a dedicated member of the Usher and Mother’s Board. Mother Parks loved going fishing and working in her garden. She lived a full life, complete with laughter and happy memories. Mother Parks will be deeply missed by family and ...

Congratulations to our 2020 Graduates * Note any changes can be made by emailing webbancestry@gmail.com* Ms. Kayla Shannon  Bachelors Degree  University of West Georgia

Good Family Folks! So finding my great grandfather Charlie Smith has been quite the journey. I found lots of Charlie Smith's in the Oglethorpe/Athens area of Georgia in 1930, but they were all marked single and with the name Charlie, I mean really G-whiz. Being that my paternal side is Jones/Smith, I have found I could literally be related to any and everyone. At first I was under the impression that he died in Athens. My Paternal side (My lovely and sweet aunts) remembers his children fondly and vividly and they knew His name and his living situation. Side step: This situation is different because our grandfather ran away and lived in a shed at the age of 13 after disagreements with his treatment by his stepmother. His mother was by some accounts deceased when he was a young child. (Although, I have theories on that I will share later)Therefore, as you can imagine the relationship had its challenges. Back on track.. During my routine search of death records I found...