George Edward Parks

Graveside services for George Edward Parks, 54, Lawrence, will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Park Cemetery.

Mr. Parks died Saturday, Aug. 7, 2004, at his home.

He was born Nov. 29, 1949, in Detroit, the son of Elmer G. and Sarah Marie Hunn Parks.

Mr. Parks worked as a custodian for Kansas University for 15 years. He was disabled. He was a client of Cottonwood Inc. and participated in the Special Olympics.

Survivors include stepparents, Jim and Doris Marshall, Pineville, Mo.; three brothers, Donald Parks, Anderson, Mo., Harry “Butch” Stone, Colorado Springs, Colo., and James B. Marshall Jr., Baldwin; and a sister, Cherie Marshall, Lawrence.

The family suggests memorials to Cottonwood Inc., sent in care of Rumsey-Yost Funeral Home.

Online condolences can be made at www.rumsey-yost.com.