Ollie Thelma Romines Parks

© Cheyenne Star

17 Aug 2006

Submitted by: Wanda Purcell

Ollie Thelma Romines Parks died August 3, 2006 at 85 years of age.

Services are being held 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 5, 2006, at Carmichael-Whatley Colonial Chapel, with Rev. Leland Lewis, pastor of the First Assembly of God, officiating.

Graveside services will be 4:00 p.m. Saturday, at the City of Levelland Municipal Cemetery in Levelland, with Rev. Robert Burns, pastor of the First Assembly of God in Levelland, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of Carmichael-Whatley Funeral Directors.

Mrs. Parks was born January 25, 1921 in Panhandle, Texas. She moved to Montague County in 1933 and then to Pampa in 1938.

She married James A. Parks on June 27, 1948 in Pampa. He preceded her in death on March 31, 2004.

She has been a resident of Levelland from 1957 until her return to Pampa in May 2004.

She was a member of the First Assembly of God church in Levelland.

She was a member and founder of the South Plains Ladies Petroleum Club.

Her survivors include two sons, James Keith Parks and wife Kathy of Odessa; Rickey Parks and wife Stacey of Boyd; one brother J. L. "PeeWee" Romines and wife Vivian of Pampa; three grandsons, Jeremy Parks of Hale AFB, Utah; Robert Parks of Spokane, Washington; Jerod Parks of Odessa; two granddaughters, Lexie Parks of Hobbs, New Mexico; Rikki Lenea Parks of Boyd; as well as other relatives and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one daughter Retha Lockridge; four brothers; and three sisters.

Memorial include BSA Hospice, 800 N. Sumner, Pampa, Texas.