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Owen Ashton Parks

Posted 10/25/09

Owen Ashton Parks, 85 TANGIER ISLAND, Va. - Owen Ashton Parks, 85, of Tangier Island, former manager of the Tangier Airport, died on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at his home. Surviving is his wife, …

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Owen Ashton Parks

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Owen Ashton Parks, 85

TANGIER ISLAND, Va. - Owen Ashton Parks, 85, of Tangier Island, former manager of the Tangier Airport, died on Friday, Oct. 23, 2009, at his home. Surviving is his wife, Isabelle Thorne Parks; two sons, Owen Ashton Parks, Jr. and Hugh James Parks, both of Wilmington; one daughter, Rose Lee Parks of Salisbury; two brothers, Bill Parks of Tangier, and Ralph "Skip" Parks of Salisbury; two sisters, Annette Diehl of Reedville, Va., and Joyce Shores of Tangier; and six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. Memorial services will be 2 p.m., Friday, Oct. 30, at the Swain Memorial United Methodist Church with Mr. William Eskridge officiating. Interment will be private in the Thorne Family Cemetery on Tangier. Arrangements are in the care of Bradshaw & Sons Funeral Home, Crisfield.



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