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DEATH COMES TO
REV. J. {. PARKS
Rector OF Churches OF Newport,
Stanton, MarshalItOn Dies Of
Pneumonia. Methodist Pastor in
Earlier Years.

The Rev. DR.. John Emory Parks
| aged Il, rector OF st. James Epls-
! copal Church Newport, St. James
| Church, Stanton, and of St. Barna-
bas Church, Marshallt9E, died at MS
| home in Newport a few minutes be
| fore o'clock Tuesday morning. lie
| had been i'll for about two weeks
with pneumonia, which later develop
| ed into meningitis Bishop Cook,
| of the Protestant Episcopal Diocese
| of delaware was with him every day
Of his illness.
Doctor Parks had been in charge
| Of the churches il Newport, stan
| ton and Marshallton for the past
ten years. He was born in Seaford
March II, 1874, and he would nave
| been 48 years old next month. He
| was a son CT George W. and Mary
| Elizabeth Parks.
When a child Dir. Parks moved
with his parents to Cambridge, MD
| where he received his early educa-
| ton in the schools. He later at
| tended the Wilmington Conference
| Academy, now the Wesley Collegiate
| Institute, at Dover, and graduated
from that institution in 1895. tie
| continued his education at Dickln-
| son College from which he graduated
| in 1899 with a masters degree. lie
| prepared for the ministry at the
| Drew Theological Seminary. Madlson'
N. j., a Methodist Institute gradual
| ing from it in 1902.
| DR.. Parks was first minister IN
| the Methodist Church, being APP
| pointed to a charge in the New YORK
| East Conference while studying a.
| Drew, in 1901. He spent ten years
/ in the Methodist ministry, and was
pastor at Grace Church, MiddletoWn'
IN y. when he left the Methodist
| denomination to be ordained in the
Protestant Episcopal Church in 1911
| Dr.. Parks was appointed to the
| churches in Newport and vicinity
soon after being ordained in the
| Episcopal Church.
DR.. Parks married Miss Minerva
Smith, of Dover, in 1901, they cele-
| brating their twentieth wedding an
| niversary last June He is survived
| by four children: Midshipman Lewis
S. Parks, attending the Naval AGA
DENY at Annapolis; Miss Abbie ",
! Georgianna and Elizabeth Parks.
He is also survived by two sisters
| and one brother, Mrs. Emma j.
| Thomas, Upper Fairmont, Md, Mrs.
| Anna Schall Cambridge, Md, and
| J. l.. Parks, of Wilmington.
| In June last, also, Doctor Parks
observed the tenth anniversary OF
| his recIorate of the Newport, Stan
ton and Marshallton churches, the
| three congregations uniting in ar
| anniversary service that was an event
| in that section, where Doctor Parks
| was held in high esteem by all who
| knew him.
| The Rev. Essel Parks Thomas
pastor of the Epworth NJ. E. Church
was a nephew Of the Rev. DIR. Parks
Bishop Cook and the Rev. DR.
Thomas spent the greater part o.
this morning at the Parks home. do
| ing what they could to console the
| bereaved family.
He was member OF the Marylapt
Society of Delaware.
| The funeral will be held on Frida!
afternoon at $50 o'clock with ser
vices at the St. James Church IL
Stanton where the body will lie il
/ state from II o'clock. Bishop Cool
will officiate. Interment will be il
St. James cemetery, Stanton.
For the convenience of those at
tending the funeral from the city
arrangements have been made 70,
automobiles to meet the trolley car
arriving at Stanton between IL ant
2 o'clock on Friday.-From The Eve
ming Journal, Wilmington, Del.