2 Quotes & Sayings By Electa Rome Parks

Electa Rome Parks was born in 1894 in Charleston, South Carolina. Her father, James Parks, was a successful businessman and her mother, Elizabeth (Beth) Parks, was a teacher. Electa studied at the College of Charleston and the School for Teachers in Columbia, South Carolina. She also attended Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee Read more

Electa lived in Charleston for most of her life after marrying O. D. Parks in 1918.

Over the years she wrote numerous stories about her family and friends and began publishing them in magazines starting with "The Saturday Evening Post" during the 1930s. The series became so popular that it was turned into a book titled "A Life Remembered" which went on to sell more than five million copies.