Rosa Parks

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 friends.  She leaves to cherish her memory: 5 daughters, Ms. Virginia Griggs, Ms. Rosa Small, Ms. Frances Calvert, Ms. Lela Lovelace and Mrs. Ola (Waymon) Johnson; 2 sons, Mack and Bobby Lee Parks; 33 grandchildren; 74 great-grandchildren; 85 great-great-grandchildren; first cousins, Bertha and Katherine Jackson; special friends, Mrs. Doans, Percy Williams, Mrs. Ann Woodson and Lorraine Lee.  Mother Parks was preceded in death by her husband, Oscar Parks; sons, Oscar Parks, Jr. and Dewey Parks; daughters, Jewel Render, Mattie Smith and Mary Parks; 2 grandchildren; 2 great-grandchildren; parents, Mose and Frankie Parks; and brothers, Jake Parks and John H. Howard.