She attended the Shady Grove State School in Poplar Bluff.
Survivors include her mother and step-father, Michelle and James Weathers, of Sikeston; by her father, Paul Allen Parks, of Malden; by two brothers, Steven Parks and Jonathon Parks, both of Sikeston; one step-sister, Ashley Weathers, of Bernie; her maternal grandmother, Sheryl Wilhite, of Bernie; her paternal grandparents, Clarence and Ruby Parks, of Malden; by maternal great-grandmother, Evelyn Holtzhouser, of Bernie.
Visitation will be at the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Home in Bernie from 5-8 p.m., Sunday, May 8, 2005. Funeral services will be conducted at 1 p.m., Monday, May 9, 2005 in the Rainey-Mathis Funeral Chapel with Rev. officiating. Interment will follow in the Bernie Cemetery.

