Carroll "Sonny" Parks
d. January 25, 2011
Carroll "Sonny" Parks, 78, of Cambridge passed away on January 25, 2011 surrounded by his loving family. He was born on July 19, 1932 in Cambridge and was the son of the late Thomas O. Neal and Ruby L. Parks Furbush.
He served in the U.S. Army from February of 1953 to February of 1955. For 55 years he was a well known brickmason and had worked for several local contractors. He was a very kind man, a hard worker and a devoted father. He enjoyed sitting at Long Wharf, spending time with his friends, of which he had many and sharing stories of his life.
He is survived by a daughter Amy Lynn Willey, grandchildren Erica Lynn Parks and Ricky Carroll Willey, an aunt Doris Jackson, cousins and dear friends Cecil and Rose Parks, Ricky and Jackie Parks and several other cousins. Besides his parents Mr. Parks is preceded in death by his grandparents Ruby W. Parks and Peter C. Parks and Margaret Outerbridge H. Neal, two aunts Ruth Rossell and Evelyn Parks Dickerson.
At the request of Sonny, there will not be any formal service. Memorial contributions can be made to the Coastal Hospice Foundation, P.O. Box 1733, Salisbury, MD 21802. Arrangements are in the care of the Thomas Funeral Home, P.A. in Cambridge.