Graveside service for former Tillman County resident, Jerry G. Parks, age 90, of Hobbs, New Mexico, will be Monday, March 20, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., at Frederick Memorial Cemetery with Rev. Les Banks officiating. Inurnment will be under the direction of Jackson Funeral Home. Jerry passed away, December 21, 2022, in Midland, Texas.

Jerry was born November 4, 1932, on a farm near Tipton, Oklahoma, to Elizabeth (Thurman) and Odell Parks. He was the high school president and graduated from Tipton High School in 1950. He then attended Oklahoma A&M College and Brantley Draughon Business College in Fort Worth, Texas. From 1952 through 1960, Jerry was in active service and the reserves with the United States Air Force. Following this, he had a 34-year career with Texaco Inc., in various drilling and production positions throughout the United States, including New Mexico. Jerry was baptized at the age of nine at the First Baptist Church in Tipton, Oklahoma. He was active in church youth ministry while raising his family in Texas.

On December 25, 1952, he and Wilma Bentley were married in Lawton, Oklahoma. Together they had two daughters, Marla Eckhart and Jana McFadden, and one son Jay Parks. Wilma preceded him in death in 2010 and Marla (daughter) in 2021. Jerry later married Charmayne Sadler of Hobbs, New Mexico, on February 6, 2015.

Jerry is survived by his wife Charmayne Parks; one sister, June McIntyre; one son, Jay Parks and his wife Anne; one daughter, Jana McFadden; one son-in-law, Mike Eckhart; five grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.

Memorial contributions may be made to the donor's choice in memory of Jerry G. Park.