Jerrine was born the 8th child of Otho and Margaret (Lee) Mimms on November 2, 1919, in Dickens, TX. She graduated Ralls High School in 1937 and married James H. Parks on November 21, 1941 in Austin, Texas. Jerrine has been a member of Broadway Church of Christ since 1977 and sold Real Estate with her husband for over 25 years in Lubbock.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James, of 69 years, a daughter Amelia Abell Fortenberry, one grandson, James R. Parks, five brothers, Leroy, Darrell, Pete, Dalton and Marvin Mimms and five sisters, Gladys Gilstrap, Jewel Taylor, Claudia Porter, Leona Blanton and Merle McFarland. She leaves behind one sister of Clovis, NM, Doris Morman.
Survivors include her son, Jim Parks (Keitha Estes) of Idalou, five grandchildren; Angie McDowell (Duke) of Dripping Springs, David Abell (Julie) of Dallas, Sarah Jennings (Kendall) of Bryan, and Ashton and Alec Estes of Idalou, ten great grandchildren, Will and Lindsey McDowell, Grace Abell, Ruth, Judah, Jesse, Maya, Aaron, Zeke and Rose Jennings.
Jerrine was born the 8th child of Otho and Margaret (Lee) Mimms on November 2, 1919, in Dickens, TX. She graduated Ralls High School in 1937 and married James H. Parks on November 21, 1941 in Austin, Texas. Jerrine has been a member of Broadway Church of Christ since 1977 and sold Real Estate with her husband for over 25 years in Lubbock.
She was preceded in death by her husband, James, of 69 years, a daughter Amelia Abell Fortenberry, one grandson, James R. Parks, five brothers, Leroy, Darrell, Pete, Dalton and Marvin Mimms and five sisters, Gladys Gilstrap, Jewel Taylor, Claudia Porter, Leona Blanton and Merle McFarland. She leaves behind one sister of Clovis, NM, Doris Morman.
Survivors include her son, Jim Parks (Keitha Estes) of Idalou, five grandchildren; Angie McDowell (Duke) of Dripping Springs, David Abell (Julie) of Dallas, Sarah Jennings (Kendall) of Bryan, and Ashton and Alec Estes of Idalou, ten great grandchildren, Will and Lindsey McDowell, Grace Abell, Ruth, Judah, Jesse, Maya, Aaron, Zeke and Rose Jennings.
Family Members
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MAJ Otho Leroy Mimms
1908–1998
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Gladys Mimms Gilstrap
1909–2002
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Jewel Guineth Mimms Taylor
1911–2006
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Claudia Alma Mimms Porter
1913–2008
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Leona Maebelle Mimms Blanton
1915–2005
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Darrell W Mimms
1916–2009
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Glenn Wheeler "Pete" Mimms
1918–2012
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Dalton Dwayne Mimms
1921–2007
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Doris DeRue Mimms Moorman
1921–2015
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Vera Merle Mimms McFarland
1924–2005
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Virgil Marvin Mimms
1924–2006
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