Joseph Edwin Parks

b. circa 8 November 1886, d. 1 February 1943
  • Joseph Edwin Parks was born circa 8 November 1886 in Texas.
  • Mary Franklin appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Mission Valley, Viictoria County, Texas. Other members of the household included Joseph Edwin Parks, Minnie Mathis, Cornelius Samuel Williams, Versa Parks, Percy Parks, Jasper Parks, Elmer Parks and Clara E. Parks.
  • He married Dora L. Meador? on 16 December 1908 in DeWitt County, Texas.
  • Joseph Edwin Parks and Dora L. Meador? appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, enumerated in the household of James C. Howerton, editor of the Cuero Daily Record.
  • He was employed as a laborer at odd jobs, according to the 1930 census.
  • Joseph Edwin Parks and Dora L. Meador? appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, at Williams Addition.
  • He was employed as a compress laborer, according to the 1920 census.
  • Joseph Edwin Parks and Dora L. Meador? appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, at Broadway.
  • He was employed as a compress laborer, according to the 1930 census.
  • Joseph Edwin Parks and Dora L. Meador? appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1940 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, at West Broadway. Also in the household was adopted daughter Cora Franklin (age 7).
  • He was self-employed as a tamala pedler, according to the 1940 census.
  • Joseph Edwin Parks died on 1 February 1943 in Cuero, DeWitt County, Texas, at West Broadway Street at his residence. . His death was officially witnessed by Dora L. Meador?
  • Dora L. Meador? became a widow at his death.
  • The following appeared on 30 January 1951 in The Corpus Christi Caller-Times: Funeral services for Percy Parks, 57, of 1823 Winebago, will be conducted at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Cuero. Burial will be in the Woodman Cemetery there.
         Parks, who was the city's second traffic accident fataility this year, died at 9:50 a.m. Sunday in a local hospital. He was struck by an auto at Brownlee and Morris early last week.
         He had been a resident of Corpus Christi 11 years.
         Parks is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Forest Davis and Mrs. Susie Mae Jenkins, both of Corpus Christi; three sons, Floyd of Houston and Charlie and Percy Parks, Jr. of Corpus Christi; and two brothers, Cornelius Parks of San Antonio and Albert Mathis of Cuero.
         Jackson-Flowers Funeral Home is in charge of local arrangements.
  • Research Note: According to Mary Parks' death certificate (informant her daughter Minnie Mathis), her father was Frank Franklin.
         According to Joseph Parks' death certificate (informant his wife Dora), his parents were Mary Franklin and Ed Parks.
         On his death certificate, Cornelius' name was recorded as Cornelious Samuel Williams Parks (informant his wife Ollie), and his parents were Mary Franklin and George Williams.
         According to Versa Parks' death certificate (informant his wife Tennessee), his parents were Mary Franklin and Ed Parks, and his Social Security application Mary Franklin and Edward Parks.
         According to Percy Parks' death certificate (informant his daughter Forest Davis), his parents were Joe Parks and Mary.
  • Last Edited: 2 Apr 2017

Family: Dora L. Meador? b. 5 May 1887, d. circa 15 July 1969