Imogene Parkhurst

Imogene Nora (Chastain) Parkhurst, 88 years young, of Deerfield Beach, Florida and formerly of Shoals and Mooresville, Indiana, passed away on Monday, February 11, 2019, comforted by her daughter’s presence, in hospice care at Broward Health North, Florida. The eldest of six children belonging to Fred and Mable (Henry) Chastain, Imogene was born on March 1, 1930, in Indianapolis. Attending elementary and high school in Martin County, Imogene was a member of the Shoals Holiness Church. The proud mother of two boys and two girls, she loved nothing more than God, her family and all kinds of animals, but especially dogs. She was preceded in death by two husbands; starting a family with Jess Gammon and completing the family with Merrill Parkhurst. In addition to caring for the home and children, she held previous employments at RCA for three years, Link-Belt for 5 years and was at Canteen Vending for ten years. Spending ten years living next to her daughter in Mooresville, she spent the last 25 living with her daughter in Florida and came to back to her hometown in Shoals for the summer months, where she stayed with her little baby sister, Shirley; to whom Imogene was considered like a second mother to and was very close with Shirley and her kids. An excellent cook and baker, she was known for making several sour cream coffee cakes around the holidays and she gifted them to family, friends and even her sons-in-law clients during the holidays. Full of sugar and spice, she was a hard-headed woman and enjoyed crocheting and shopping for bargains. Monarch butterflies were her favorite and she really liked orchids. Deeply loved and always remembered, Imogene was blessed to share eighty-eight years and countless memories with the loved ones that she leaves behind. Along with her parents and husbands, she was preceded in death by two children, Ray Gammon and Linda Stevens; grandson, Jamie Moline and five siblings, Edward Chastain, Louise Moffitt, Glenn Chastain, Dorothy Kearby and Shirley Allbright. Survivors include her son, Roger Parkhurst (wife, Lisa) of Indianapolis and Vonda Hainey (husband, Steve) of Deerfield Beach, Florida; son and daughter-in-law(s), Benny Stevens of Monrovia and Theresa Gammon of Iowa; 10 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; a beloved sidekick, a two-year old morkie (Maltese – Yorke) named Jasmine; along with her Shoals Holiness Church family and many extended family members and friends. A Celebration of Life Service will begin at 11 a.m., on Friday, February 22, 2019, in Light Memorial & Funeral Chapel in Monrovia. Friends and family will gather the night prior for visitation held from 4 to 8 p.m., at the funeral home. Her pastor’s wife, Linda Hamaker and elders will officiate services and burial will follow in Lincoln Cemetery, Whitestown. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society. To share a favorite story, send the family an online condolence or light a candle in her memory, please visit Imogene’s life tribute page at www.lightmemorial.com.

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Imogene Parkhurst

March 1, 1930 - February 11, 2019