Class of 1955
Betty Parks
1955 Graduation EditionPerry Daily Journal
Betty Jean Chapman Parks, the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chapman, 1115 Fir avenue, has attended Perry high school since May, 1951. Betty Jean was born June 21, 1937, in Hominy and attended school from the first through the fifth grades. She attended school form 1948-51 in Fresno, Calif. This Perry high school graduate was a member of the annual play cast in her junior year and was a member of the library in her junior year. This year she has been on the Perryscope staff. Betty Jean plans to be a housekeeper for her husband following graduation. They live at 615 Kaw street and he is employed by a local tank truck service.
Betty Jean (Chapman) Parks
June 21, 1937 – December 22, 1962
Mrs. James A. (Betty) Parks, 25, a 1955 graduate of Perry high school died at 4:38 p.m. Saturday in Enid General hospital a few hours after giving birth to twin sons.
Born June 21, 1937, in Hominy, she was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Chapman, 1115 Fir avenue. She moved to Perry with her parents in 1951.
She was married May 28, 1954, in Pawnee. Her husband is an employee of the Halliburton Co. They had made their home in Enid the past several months.
In addition to her husband, infant sons, and parents, survivors are a brother, Bill Chapman, city police officer; and paternal grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Chapman, Fresno, Calif.
Services are at 4 p.m. Monday in the First Methodist church of Perry, with Rev. R. C. Veirs, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Grace Hill cemetery.