Deurah “Ellen” Hall-Parkes (1927 – 2022)

Deurah “Ellen” Hall-Parkes, 95, of Front Royal, Virginia passed away on Monday, April 25, 2022, at Greenfield Reflections of Strasburg.

A funeral service will be held on Friday, April 29, 2022, at 12:00 pm at Maddox Funeral Home, 105 West Main Street, Front Royal with Pastor Chuck Eshelman officiating. Burial will follow at Stonewall Memory Gardens in Manassas, Virginia.

Mrs. Hall-Parkes was born in Wyoming, West Virginia to the late Leonard and Ada Ball Skeens. She was also preceded in death by six siblings. She was a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Calvary Community Chapel in Front Royal.

Survivors include her husband of 31 years, Donald “Don” Parkes; four daughters, Carol Groves, Shirlene Engle, Judy Lynskey, and Kathy Hartsell; son, Bub Hall; brother, Terry B. Skeens; two stepdaughters; a stepson; eight grandchildren; numerous great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren and her close friend, Iris Jenkins Cooksey.

Pallbearers will be her grandsons.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 225 N. Michigan Ave., Fl. 17, Chicago, IL 60601.