Richard Julian Parks Obituary
With heavy hearts, we announce the death of Richard Julian Parks (Greenville, South Carolina), born in Jacksonville, Florida, who passed away on April 23, 2024 at the age of 83. Family and friends are welcome to leave their condolences on this memorial page and share them with the family.
As we bid Richard farewell, let us not mourn the absence of his physical form, but rather celebrate the essence of his spirit that lingers in the spaces between moments. For Richard is not truly gone, but merely transformed, his energy intertwined with the fabric of the universe itself, forever dancing among the stars.
He was predeceased by : his parents, Frances Ferguson and Alver Julian Parks. He is survived by : his sister Diane Parks Cochran (Jim Redmond) of Greenville, SC.; his niece Leslie Cochran Magee of Sea Island, GA; and his nephews, John Maxcy Cochran, III of Easley, SC and Julian Parks Cochran of Durham, NC. He is also survived by five great nieces, and three great nephews.
The family suggests, in lieu of flowers, that a memorial gift may be made to Duke University.
