Ronald Dean Parks, 62, of Blossom, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021, at Paris Regional Medical Center.
Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled memorial services for 11:00 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 14th at Novice Baptist Church with Dr. Duane Falk officiating. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service.
Ronald, the son of Sam Parks & Bettye Anne Livingston Parks, was born April 30, 1959, in Paris.
He graduated from Prairiland High School in 1977, and trained in Air Conditioning/Refrigeration at Paris Junior College. Ronald then became a truck owner/operator and began hauling rock. Later he worked for Pepsi Cola where he received several awards for salesman of the month.
Wanting to go back into trucking, he bought another truck and began hauling freight. When President George H. W. Bush left the White House, Ronald was the only owner/operator chosen to move the president’s personal effects to his library in College Station, Texas. He continued trucking until his retirement in 2018.
Ronald was a people person, very outgoing and never met a stranger. He was a member of the Novice Baptist Church.
He was preceded in death by his parents, a sister-in-law, Sandy McClour, and his Godson, Justin Sinesh.
Survivors include his wife, Judy, whom he married on March 17, 1984, one son, Michael Parks & wife Toni, one grandson, William Parks, his twin brother, Donald Parks & wife Jeannie, a brother, Sam Parks, Jr. & wife Carol, a sister, Nancy Jones & husband Larry, a sister-in-law, Beth McGill, brothers-in-law, Barry McClour and Bill McGill & wife Mary Jo, nieces & nephews, Christopher Parks, Candice Parks, Corey Parks, Kasey Jones Rosales, Jonathan Jones, Jeffery Jones, Drew McGill & wife Kimberly, Mark McGill, Matt McGill, and Jill Baird & husband Jonathan, and great nieces & great nephews, Chloe Baird, Jaxon Baird, Kaidance Parks, Tatum Parks, and Clayton Parks along with a host of friends.
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