Walter B. Parks
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Stanley F. Gaines
Walter B. Parks | |
|---|---|
 c. 1917 | |
| Member of the Mississippi State Senate from the 30th district | |
| In office January 1916 – January 1920 | |
| Preceded by | John C. Burrus |
| Succeeded by | W. B. Roberts |
| Member of the Mississippi House of Representatives from the Bolivar County district | |
| In office January 1912 – January 1916 | |
| Succeeded by | Walter Sillers Jr. Stanley F. Gaines |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 27, 1868 |
| Died | January 1930 (aged 61) |
| Party | Democratic |
Walter B. Parks (August 27, 1868 - January 1930) was an American politician. He was a member of the Mississippi State Senate from 1916 to 1920, and of the Mississippi House of Representatives from 1912 to 1916.
Walter B. Parks was born on August 27, 1868, in Union County, Mississippi.[1][2] He was the son of William Beaty Parks, a Confederate Army private in the U.S. Civil War, and his wife, Calista Virginia (Hudson) Parks.[1] Parks attended the Pine Bluff School near Toccopola, Mississippi, and also attended Toccopola College, although he did not graduate.[1] Parks started working in a store in Shelby, Mississippi, in 1890, and after leaving in 1894, opened his own store in Merigold, Mississippi, in 1895.[1][3] He then entered the banking industry, becoming the director and president of several banks, and he also owned plantations and livestock farms.[1]