Sara Katherine Duncan Parks

View Funeral Webcast View Video Tribute Sara Katherine Duncan Parks, 69, died Saturday, January 29, 2023 at Novant Health in Huntersville, North Carolina. Funeral services will be conducted Saturday at 1:00 P.M. at Oakes & Nichols Funeral Home with Jeremy Butt and Tom Porter officiating. Burial will follow in Polk Memorial Gardens. The family will visit with friends Saturday from 11:00 A.M. until service time at the funeral home. The family suggests memorials to Lake Norman Animal Shelter, 2106 Charlotte Highway, Mooresville, NC 28117, www.lakenormanhumane.org or Wounded Warrior Project, P.O. Box 96860, Washington, DC 20077-7677, support.woundedwarriorproject.org . Condolences may be extended online at www.oakesandnichols.com. Born July 30, 1953 in Maury County, she was the daughter of the late Cecil Moore Duncan and the late Sarah Collins Rieves Duncan. Ms. Parks was a precious mother, sister, aunt, true friend, child of the Living God, and PhD Chemistry Professor. She enjoyed gardening, painting, drawing pet portraits, traveling, caring for her two pups and two “grand-pups”. Survivors include her daughter, Angie (Paul) Carpenter of Denver, North Carolina; brother, Tommy (Carolyn) Duncan of Columbia; several nieces and nephews; and dear friend and the love of her life, Mark Coduto. Active pallbearers will be Mark Coduto, Paul Carpenter, Carl Ingram, Stan Smith, Robert Eaton, and Wayne Hitchcock. “Remember me with smiles and laughter for that’s the way I’ll remember you all. If you can only remember me with tears then don’t remember me at all.” Michael Landon.