from the USTA Communications Department

Columbus, OH — Malcolm R. “Mac” Parks, 64, of Lowville, N.Y., died Sept. 3, 2015, at Faxton-St. Luke’s Healthcare Facility.

Mr. Parks was born Jan. 7, 1951, in Ogdensburg, N.Y., a son of the late Donald J. and Betty L. Billings Parks. He graduated from Heuvelton Central School in 1969, where he was a member of the National Honor Society, a 4-H member, and participated in band and chorus. He was going to attend Crane School of Music, but decided to attend pharmacy school instead.

While in school, Mr. Parks worked on his parents’ dairy farm in Depeyster. He graduated from Albany School of Pharmacy (Union College) in 1974.

He worked for Kessler’s Pharmacy in Albany while he was a student there, and began a 20-year career at Kinney Drugs, first as a pharmacy student intern, before becoming a NYS Registered Licensed Pharmacist, assistant manager and manager for the company. He was the pharmacist owner of the Medicine Shoppe in Lowville for 20 years. He served two terms on the Medicine Shoppe Advisory Committee, representing all of the Medicine Shoppe owners in New England. He also worked for four years as a pharmacist for Wal-Mart in Lowville.

For 40 years, he owned and operated Park’s Breezy Knoll, a Standardbred horse breeding farm and racing stable.

Mr. Parks served on several boards as a director, including Lewis County Public Health, Snowbelt Housing, Lewis County Agricultural Society (Lewis County Fair), and the New York State Harness Horse Breeders.

He is survived by his mother, Betty L.; sister, Kathleen Whiteford; nephews, Jared Wells and Lynnley Whiteford; niece, Heather Wells; and a great-nephew, Alexander Owens. He was preceded in death by his father, Donald J.

The funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. on Thursday (Sept. 10) at Iseneker Funeral Home, Inc. with Matt Zehr, Pastor of Abundant Life Fellowship, officiating. Entombment will be in Foxwood Memorial Park, Ogdensburg, at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Lewis County Agricultural Society, P.O. Box 51, Lowville, NY 13367.

Condolences may be shared online at www.isenekerfuneralhome.com.