Thelma Parks's story, written in her own words, is one of compassion and courage and steadfast faith.

Born on a sharecropping farm in Louisiana, raised by a single mom during the Great Depression along with seven brothers and sisters, Thelma learned that love begins at home. She was baptized at fifteen, and the God she chose that day began to walk with her day by day. She looked to Jesus as an everyday example of how to love and treat one another.

In her adult years, she modeled a steadfast desire to follow Jesus and His ways. Experiencing the pain of racial prejudices,...

Thelma Parks's story, written in her own words, is one of compassion and courage and steadfast faith.

Born on a sharecropping farm in Louisiana, raised by a single mom during the Great Depression along with seven brothers and sisters, Thelma learned that love begins at home. She was baptized at fifteen, and the God she chose that day began to walk with her day by day. She looked to Jesus as an everyday example of how to love and treat one another.

In her adult years, she modeled a steadfast desire to follow Jesus and His ways. Experiencing the pain of racial prejudices,...