HOWARD LEE PARKS

BELTON- A Celebration of Life Service will be held Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Gospel Tabernacle, 811 S. Cleveland Ave., in Belton, for Howard Lee Parks, 80, who died Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019.

Local arrangements are under the direction of Konantz Warden Funeral Home, Lamar.

Online condolences may be sent to www.konantzwarden.com.

Survivors include his children, Mark and Alicia and his grandchildren, Cory, Hayden and Eli.

He was preceded in death by a son, Johnny and his eight siblings.

Mr. Parks was born Sept. 13, 1938, in Kansas City, Kan., to Norwood and Pearl Lewis Parks.

He was a very gentle, kind and humble Christian, who always spread kindness and a small joke wherever he went. He was a wonderful dad and cherished grandfather. He was a friend to many in the United States and around the world. His faith and spirit was reflected in his love for Jerusalem, where he visited and ministered many times, developing a deep bond between the Holy Land and friends he made there.

He was a jack-of-all trades, but had a special love for carpentry. He could fix almost anything. He served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1962. He was quite proud to also be a cowboy in his later life and thoroughly enjoyed living in the country.