Doris Virginia Woodard Parks, 77, of Springfield, passed from this life on Friday, January 28, 2022, at her home surrounded by her family that loved her dearly.
Funeral services will be conducted Monday, January 31st at 2:00 p.m. in the Oakhurst Chapel of the Robertson County Funeral Home with Reverend Michael Smith officiating. Interment will follow in Springfield Memorial Gardens with Brandon Walton, Jeremy Hudson, Jr., Bo Walton, Dakota Adcock, Jeremy Henderson, Adam Adcock, Jeff Jones, and Rich Brady serving as pallbearers. The family will receive friends on Sunday from 4:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. and on Monday from 10:00 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Mrs. Parks was born July 5, 1944, in Springfield to the late John Edward and Daisy Crow Woodard.
She was a graduate of Greenbrier High School, was a homemaker, and was a member of Flewellyn Baptist Church. She enjoyed singing gospel music, working crossword puzzles, and along with her husband she enjoyed gardening and feeding the birds and squirrels. Her family was her life that she so enjoyed being with, especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. The highlight of her day was sitting with her husband, Billy, on the back porch enjoying the sunshine and all of God’s creation.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son: Troy Parks, by her brothers: Burton and David Woodard, and by her sisters: Jeannie Copley, Ruth McArthur, and Rose Meadows.
Mrs. Parks is survived by her husband, Billy Parks, whom she would be married to 60 years this coming September, by her son: Todd (Teresa Vick) Parks of Springfield, by her daughters: Marie (Paul) Mason of Springfield, and Janet (Jimmy) Myers of Springfield, by her daughter-in-law: Tracy Parks of Springfield, by her sisters: Becky Brady of Madison, and Addie (Art) Grigsby of Kansas, by her grandchildren: Brandy Henderson, Brandon Walton, Amber Adcock, Stephany Harris, Tiffany Parks, Hannah Vick, Erik Vick, and Kaylyn Vick, and by her great-grandchildren: Jeremiah, Zariyah, Bo, Dakota, Jeremy, Hannah, Emma, Di’Anna, Austin, Dylan, Eva, Baylee, and Kaylana.
Robertson County Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
