Thyra Edith Reames

December 6, 1919 - January 10, 2011

THYRA EDITH PARKS REAMES BORN DECEMBER 6, 1919 IN MOOSEJAW, SASKATCHEWAN CANADA TO PARENTS BILL TODEN AND MILDRED AEROSMITH. SHE MOVED TO PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS AT THE AGE OF 6. SHE GRADUATED FROM THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL IN 1938 AND MARRIED EARL PARKS. AFTER HIS DEATH IN 1978 SHE EVENTUALLY MARRIED HER HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART, JIM REAMES WHO IS ALSO DECEASED. SHE WORKED AND RETIRED FROM SEARS AFTER 35 YEARS AND WAS VERY ACTIVE AT CENTRAL BAPTIST CHURCH IN PORT ARTHUR WHERE SHE SERVED AS PAST PRESIDENT OF W.M.U. (WOMEN'S MISSIONARY UNION), AND SENIOR FRIENDS. SHE ALSO SERVED AS PRESIDENT TO HER ABWA CLUB AND SEARS RETIREES. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THE TEXACO RETIREES. SHE IS SURVIVED BY HER FOUR SONS AND THEIR WIVES: EARL 'BUTCH' AND JANIS PARKS, GROVES, PRESTON AND LOIS PARKS, NEDERLAND, ROBERT AND MITZI PARKS, TYLER, AND LARRY AND TRACY PARKS, AUSTIN. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 14 GRANDCHILDREN AND 16 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN. SHE IS ALSO SURVIVED BY 2 SISTERS AND 5 BROTHERS. SPECIAL THANKS TO OUR PRECIOUS CAREGIVERS WHO DEVOTEDLY CARED AND LOVED OUR MOTHER. THEY ARE TINA ROY, LAUREN RICHARDSON, ASHLEY GUIDRY AND CYNTHIA HYDER. ALSO SPECIAL THANKS TO ODYSSEY HOSPICE FOR THEIR CONSTANT CARE AND COMPASSION.