Wallace Parke of Campbellsville, son of the late Roscoe Parke and Rebecca Anderson Parke was born September 6, 1931 in Cumberland County, Kentucky. He died at 9:15 P.M., Sunday, December 20, 2015 in Greensburg. Age: 84
He professed faith in Christ and was a member of St. Mark United Methodist Church.
He served his country honorably in the United States Army.
Wallace was a retired employee of Fruit of the Loom in Campbellsville.
He united in marriage to Eleanor Murrell September 4, 1954.
Besides his wife Eleanor Parke, he is survived by one daughter and son-in-law, Brenda and Mike Sullivan of Campbellsville; one daughter-in-law, Cheri Parke of Campbellsville; five grandchildren: Sarah Wilson and husband, Mike, Amanda Hughes and fiancé, Scott Hess of Campbellsville, Jason Sullivan of Ft. Wayne, Indiana, Samantha Sneed and special friend, Kyle Wilson of Ohio and Elizabeth Roos and husband, Christoffer of Sweden; nine great-grandchildren, three brothers and two sisters: Shelby Parke and wife, Nell of Campbellsville, Denzel Parke of Knob Lick, Leslie Parke and Olene Huffman of Edmonton and Josephine Ethridge and husband, Tom of Altus, Arkansas; two sisters-in-law, Elsie Parke and Anna Parke, of Metcalfe County; several nieces and nephews and many other relatives and friends.
He was also preceded in death by one daughter, Linda Sneed February 13, 2015, one son, Michael Parke July 23, 2015 and one brother, Jesse Parke.
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VISITATION: After 10:30 A.M., Thursday, December 24, 2015 at Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home
FUNERAL SERVICE: 12:00 Noon, Thursday, December 24, 2015 at
Parrott & Ramsey Funeral Home in Campbellsville
by Bro. John Batcher
BURIAL: Murrell Family Cemetery in Metcalfe County
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