Thanks to Find A Grave contributor G47 47281148 for the below information:
Hi Skip,
I'm sending several newspaper articles that may prove of interest and worthy of adding to Margaret's memorial page. Best regards, Gerry (G47)
Here is some background on Margaret. She was born in El Paso to John Henry and Edna Eugenia Bellville. Murray 0n 26 Feb 1916. Mr and Mrs Murray were divorced before 01 Jan 1920. Margaret graduated from Austin H.S. and married Ensign Mark Albert Grant in Yuma, AZ on 08 Sept 1936. They were divorced about a year later in FL. She next married then Capt. Floyd Bruce Parks, USMC, in San Diego in 1938. Major Parks was killed in action during the battle of Midway in 1942. Her mother, Edna Murray, married in the early 1930s Charles C. Crisler.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 May 1943, Mon - p. 1
Major Floyd B. Parks Awarded Navy Cross
Major Floyd B. Parks, whose wife lives at 2701 Alura Boulevard, has been awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat action, according to an announcement of Navy awards today. Major Parks was reported missing in action nearly a year ago. He had commanded a Marine Corps airplane squadron in the Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific posts. He is 32, a 1934 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and he had been a flier since 1936. Mrs. Parks is the former Miss Margaret Elizabeth Murray. She has lived in El Paso all her life. They were married in San Diego five years ago.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 Sep 1963, Tue - p. 26
Obituary Notices - Parks
Mrs. Margaret Crisler Parks, 3709 Memphis Ave., passed away Monday. She had been a lifetime resident of El Paso and was an accountant. Survivors are her mother, Mrs Edna Crisler, El Paso; brother, J.S. Crisler, Los Angeles, Calif. Grave side services will be held at 10 AM Wednesday at Rest Lawn with the Rev. John H. Justice officiating. Pallbearers will be Bryan J. Wolfe, C.D. Evans, Harold Thornberry, Edward Ball, C.E. Brunk, Jr., and Ralph Blair. Arrangements by Harding-Orr & McDaniel. Montana Ave.
Hi Skip,
I'm sending several newspaper articles that may prove of interest and worthy of adding to Margaret's memorial page. Best regards, Gerry (G47)
Here is some background on Margaret. She was born in El Paso to John Henry and Edna Eugenia Bellville. Murray 0n 26 Feb 1916. Mr and Mrs Murray were divorced before 01 Jan 1920. Margaret graduated from Austin H.S. and married Ensign Mark Albert Grant in Yuma, AZ on 08 Sept 1936. They were divorced about a year later in FL. She next married then Capt. Floyd Bruce Parks, USMC, in San Diego in 1938. Major Parks was killed in action during the battle of Midway in 1942. Her mother, Edna Murray, married in the early 1930s Charles C. Crisler.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 May 1943, Mon - p. 1
Major Floyd B. Parks Awarded Navy Cross
Major Floyd B. Parks, whose wife lives at 2701 Alura Boulevard, has been awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat action, according to an announcement of Navy awards today. Major Parks was reported missing in action nearly a year ago. He had commanded a Marine Corps airplane squadron in the Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific posts. He is 32, a 1934 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and he had been a flier since 1936. Mrs. Parks is the former Miss Margaret Elizabeth Murray. She has lived in El Paso all her life. They were married in San Diego five years ago.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 Sep 1963, Tue - p. 26
Obituary Notices - Parks
Mrs. Margaret Crisler Parks, 3709 Memphis Ave., passed away Monday. She had been a lifetime resident of El Paso and was an accountant. Survivors are her mother, Mrs Edna Crisler, El Paso; brother, J.S. Crisler, Los Angeles, Calif. Grave side services will be held at 10 AM Wednesday at Rest Lawn with the Rev. John H. Justice officiating. Pallbearers will be Bryan J. Wolfe, C.D. Evans, Harold Thornberry, Edward Ball, C.E. Brunk, Jr., and Ralph Blair. Arrangements by Harding-Orr & McDaniel. Montana Ave.
Thanks to Find A Grave contributor G47 47281148 for the below information:
Hi Skip,
I'm sending several newspaper articles that may prove of interest and worthy of adding to Margaret's memorial page. Best regards, Gerry (G47)
Here is some background on Margaret. She was born in El Paso to John Henry and Edna Eugenia Bellville. Murray 0n 26 Feb 1916. Mr and Mrs Murray were divorced before 01 Jan 1920. Margaret graduated from Austin H.S. and married Ensign Mark Albert Grant in Yuma, AZ on 08 Sept 1936. They were divorced about a year later in FL. She next married then Capt. Floyd Bruce Parks, USMC, in San Diego in 1938. Major Parks was killed in action during the battle of Midway in 1942. Her mother, Edna Murray, married in the early 1930s Charles C. Crisler.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 May 1943, Mon - p. 1
Major Floyd B. Parks Awarded Navy Cross
Major Floyd B. Parks, whose wife lives at 2701 Alura Boulevard, has been awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat action, according to an announcement of Navy awards today. Major Parks was reported missing in action nearly a year ago. He had commanded a Marine Corps airplane squadron in the Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific posts. He is 32, a 1934 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and he had been a flier since 1936. Mrs. Parks is the former Miss Margaret Elizabeth Murray. She has lived in El Paso all her life. They were married in San Diego five years ago.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 Sep 1963, Tue - p. 26
Obituary Notices - Parks
Mrs. Margaret Crisler Parks, 3709 Memphis Ave., passed away Monday. She had been a lifetime resident of El Paso and was an accountant. Survivors are her mother, Mrs Edna Crisler, El Paso; brother, J.S. Crisler, Los Angeles, Calif. Grave side services will be held at 10 AM Wednesday at Rest Lawn with the Rev. John H. Justice officiating. Pallbearers will be Bryan J. Wolfe, C.D. Evans, Harold Thornberry, Edward Ball, C.E. Brunk, Jr., and Ralph Blair. Arrangements by Harding-Orr & McDaniel. Montana Ave.
Hi Skip,
I'm sending several newspaper articles that may prove of interest and worthy of adding to Margaret's memorial page. Best regards, Gerry (G47)
Here is some background on Margaret. She was born in El Paso to John Henry and Edna Eugenia Bellville. Murray 0n 26 Feb 1916. Mr and Mrs Murray were divorced before 01 Jan 1920. Margaret graduated from Austin H.S. and married Ensign Mark Albert Grant in Yuma, AZ on 08 Sept 1936. They were divorced about a year later in FL. She next married then Capt. Floyd Bruce Parks, USMC, in San Diego in 1938. Major Parks was killed in action during the battle of Midway in 1942. Her mother, Edna Murray, married in the early 1930s Charles C. Crisler.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 May 1943, Mon - p. 1
Major Floyd B. Parks Awarded Navy Cross
Major Floyd B. Parks, whose wife lives at 2701 Alura Boulevard, has been awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism in combat action, according to an announcement of Navy awards today. Major Parks was reported missing in action nearly a year ago. He had commanded a Marine Corps airplane squadron in the Hawaiian Islands and other Pacific posts. He is 32, a 1934 graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis and he had been a flier since 1936. Mrs. Parks is the former Miss Margaret Elizabeth Murray. She has lived in El Paso all her life. They were married in San Diego five years ago.
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El Paso Herald-Post (El Paso, Texas) - 10 Sep 1963, Tue - p. 26
Obituary Notices - Parks
Mrs. Margaret Crisler Parks, 3709 Memphis Ave., passed away Monday. She had been a lifetime resident of El Paso and was an accountant. Survivors are her mother, Mrs Edna Crisler, El Paso; brother, J.S. Crisler, Los Angeles, Calif. Grave side services will be held at 10 AM Wednesday at Rest Lawn with the Rev. John H. Justice officiating. Pallbearers will be Bryan J. Wolfe, C.D. Evans, Harold Thornberry, Edward Ball, C.E. Brunk, Jr., and Ralph Blair. Arrangements by Harding-Orr & McDaniel. Montana Ave.
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