Walter B. Parks
c. 1917
Member of the Mississippi State Senate
from the 30th district
In office
January 1916  January 1920
Preceded byJohn C. Burrus
Succeeded byW. B. Roberts
Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives
from the Bolivar County district
In office
January 1912  January 1916
Succeeded byWalter Sillers Jr.
Stanley F. Gaines
Personal details
Born(1868-08-27)August 27, 1868
Union County, Mississippi, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1930(1930-01-00) (aged 61)
Tunica County, Mississippi, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic

Walter B. Parks (August 27, 1868 - January 1930) was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920, and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.

Biography

Walter B. Parks was born on August 27, 1868, in Union County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of William Beaty Parks, a Confederate Army private in the U.S. Civil War, and his wife, Calista Virginia (Hudson) Parks.[1] Parks attended the Pine Bluff School near Toccopola, Mississippi, and also attended Toccopola College, although he did not graduate.[1] Parks started working in a store in Shelby, Mississippi, in 1890, and after leaving in 1894, opened his own store in Merigold, Mississippi, in 1895.[1][3] He then entered the banking industry, becoming the director and president of several banks, and he also owned plantations and livestock farms.[1]

Political career

Parks was Merigold's Town Treasurer from 1904 to 1908, and he was also the town's Postmaster from 1905 to 1909.[1][2] In November 1911, he was elected to represent Bolivar County as a Democrat in the Mississippi House of Representatives, and served in the term from 1912 to 1916.[2] In November 1915, Parks was elected to represent the 30th District in the Mississippi State Senate, and served from 1916 to 1920.[1] During this term, Parks was the chairman of the Senate's Levee Committee.[1] During his time in office, Parks authored and supported bills improving highway and drainage systems.[1][3]

Later life

Parks died suddenly in January 1930, near Tunica, Mississippi.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rowland, Dunbar (1917). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 792.
  2. 1 2 3 Rowland, Dunbar (1912). The Official and Statistical Register of the State of Mississippi. Department of Archives and History. p. 400.
  3. 1 2 3 "Obituary for Walter B. Parks (Aged 63)". Clarion-Ledger. 1930-01-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2022-08-09.
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