Park/e/s Families in Group 008

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Parks, Grover Leo "Joby"

Parks, Grover Leo "Joby"

Male 1933 - 2015  (82 years)   Has 50 ancestors and 13 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name Parks, Grover Leo "Joby"  [1] 
    Birth 29 May 1933  [1] 
    Gender Male 
    _DNA Group 008 
    Lineage Key AP 
    Parke Society FGS No. 06AP28 
    Death 30 Dec 2015  Rhea, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Add Smith Cemetery, Rhea, Tennesse, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I187  Samuel Parks LK=AP
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2026 

    Father Parks, Albert Fred,   b. 5 Apr 1903, Rhea, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 Mar 1994, Rhea, Tennessee, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Price, Gladys Adell,   b. 1 Jan 1906   d. 6 Sep 1969 (Age 63 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 4 Oct 1925  Rhea Co. TN by John A. Porter, MG Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3] 
    Family ID F49  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Coulter, Joy Helen,   b. 18 Mar 1935   d. 25 Oct 2007 (Age 72 years) 
    Children 
     1. Parks, Grover Leo Jr.  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Parks, Cynthia "Candy"  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Parks, Albert Keith "Butch"  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Aug 2026 

  • Notes 
    • http://www.rheaheraldnews.com/obituaries/article_3df23fda-af29-11e5-a216-3fd4273c4c3b.html

      Grover “Joby” Parks Sr., 82 died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015, at his residence. Born in Rhea County, he was the son of the late Albert and Gladys Price Parks Sr. Joby was the former owner of Joby’s Slaughterhouse and Park’s Construction. He was of the Baptist Faith.
      Joby was preceded in death by his brother, Junior Parks; and sister, Shirley Pendleton.
      Survivors include his children, Grover (Dawn) Parks Jr., Candy (Mike) Ford and Butch (Rhonda) Parks, all of Spring City; brother, Roy (Helen) Parks, of Spring City; sister, Alma Fisher, of LaGrange, Ohio; special friend, Lee Loden, of Spring City; nine grandchildren; and 10 great-grandchildren.
      Funeral services will be held Friday, Jan. 1, 2016, at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Vaughn Funeral Home with Rev. David Lyles officiating. Interment will follow at Add Smith Cemetery. The family will receive friends Friday from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home.

  • Sources 
    1. [S211] Family information provided by Anna Dee (Holloway) Parks.

    2. [S455] Marriage Record from Rhea Co. Courthouse, Dayton, TN, MB 14 (7-3-1923--5-25-1926), 407.

    3. [S181] Family bible, Henry Washington Parks-Mary Ethel Hale.


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