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Mary Katherine Parks

1935 - 2025

BORN

1935

DIED

2025

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Tutor Memorial Funeral Home - Pontotoc

270 Coffee St.

Pontotoc, Mississippi

Mary Parks Obituary

Mary Katherine Parks, 90, passed away on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, at Diversicare in Amory, MS. Born on September 29, 1935, in Pontotoc, MS, she was the daughter of Lewis Fleetwood and Lorene Scruggs Holcomb. Katherine spent most of her working years as a seamstress at Reed's Manufacturing in Tupelo, MS.

Survivors include numerous nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, William "Buddy" Parks, her daughter, Mary Evelyn Monts, and her siblings, Vera Thompson, Gertrude Nicholson, Curtis Holcomb, Thelma Caldwell, and Dewitt Holcomb.

The funeral service is set for 3 PM on Friday, October 17, 2025, at Baldwin Memorial Funeral Home in Pontotoc, with Bro. Don McCutchen officiating. Visitation starts at 12 PM and continues until the service. Burial will take place at Pontotoc Memorial Gardens. Baldwin Memorial Gardens is in charge of arrangements.

To plant trees in memory, please visit the Sympathy Store.

Published by The Daily Journal from Oct. 15 to Oct. 17, 2025.

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