Asheboro, North Carolina
Mary Edythe Maness Parks
1929 — 2024
Mary Edythe Parks, age 94, went home to be with her Lord on Thursday, March 28, 2024, at Cross Road Assisted Living. She was born on November 22, 1929 in Randolph County to Coble and Ola Maness. Mary Edythe was a graduate of Asheboro High School and Asheboro Commercial College. She worked at Acme McCrary Corporation for thirty-eight years, ending her career as an executive secretary. As a member of First Wesleyan Church of Asheboro, she served as a pianist and organist for eighty years. As a ten-year old she became the pianist for First Wesleyan, but knew only three hymns. Each week she learned a new hymn until the congregation had a selection from which to choose. She...