Services for Mary Ellen Parks, age 80, of Salado were held Wednesday at the Salado Church of Christ. Minister Joey Keyes officiated. Burial followed at Salado Cemetery. 

Mary died Monday August 4, 2008 in a Temple hospital.

She was born January 27, 1928 in Denoya, Oklahoma to Wallace Gerald and Gertrude Elsa (Balch) Scott. She married Lloyd L. Parks on August 20, 1948 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. They moved to Salado in 1992 from Houston and also lived in Denver, Indianapolis and Calgary, Alberta. She was a member of the Salado Church of Christ. She taught children’s bible class for 50 years. She was an accomplished artist and was a member of the Salado Village Artist group where she was selected Artist of the Month on more than one occasion.

Survivors include her husband, Lloyd L. Parks of Salado, 3 daughters, Connie Jo VanSchuyver of Houston, Karyn Ann Parks of Phoenix, AZ and Rebecca Lee Fritzson and her husband Jeff of Frisco, Texas, brother, Wallace Gerald Scott Jr. of Florissant, MO, 2 sisters, Majorie Jones of Broken Arrow, OK and Peggy Smith of Great Bend, KS.

Visitation was held on Tuesday. In lieu of flowers the family request memorial to the Salado Church of Christ, Children’s Fund.

Arrangements were handled by Dossman Funeral Home of Belton.