Individual Details

Brook Parkinson

(13 Mar 1907 - 13 Aug 1969)

Mt. Vernon Register, Mt. Vernon, Illinois, Thursday, August 14, 1969, Page 2, Col. 1: Brook Parkinson Dies At His Home Near Sesser. Brook Parkinson, 62, died at his home southwest of Sesser Wednesday. Funeral services for Mr. Parkinson will be held Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at the Brayfield Funeral Home in Sesser. The Rev. Floyd Hartley will officiate. Burial will be in the Maple Hill cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home after 5 p.m. Friday. Mr. Parkinson was born Mar. 13, 1907, the son of Noel and Mable Hubbard Parkinson. He was married 44 years ago to Marie Kirkpatrick, who survives. He was a member of the Bear Point Baptist church. In addition to his wife, Mr. Parkinson is survived by two daughters, Aline Bays of Sesser and Maretta Williams of Benton; four sons, Warren, Grays Lake, Ill., Ray, Ocean Springs, Miss., and Noel and Daniel, Sesser; one brother, Carl, Mulkeytown; two sisters, Marie Smith of Carbondale and Louise Mottar, Edwardsville; a half sister, Lou Ella McFarland, Rolla, Mo.; five half brothers, Donald Dillon, St. Louis, James Dillon, Decatur, William and Thomas Dillon, Caseyville, and Fred Dillon, Tuscola; and 22 grandchildren.

Events

Birth13 Mar 1907Illinois
Residence1910Irvington, Washington Co., Illinois
Residence1920Goode, Franklin Co., Illinois
Marriage12 Aug 1925Franklin Co., Illinois - Alma Marie Kirkpatrick
Residence1930Goode, Franklin Co., Illinois
Death13 Aug 1969Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois
BurialMaple Hill Cemetery, Sesser, Franklin Co., Illinois

Families

SpouseAlma Marie Kirkpatrick (1907 - 1985)
ChildRay Parkinson ( - )
ChildIris Aline Parkinson (1926 - 2010)
ChildDaniel Parkinson ( - )
ChildWarren Dale Parkinson (1929 - 1993)
ChildNoel Edmund Parkinson (1932 - 2001)
ChildMarietta "Rita" Parkinson (1939 - 2016)

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