Mary Louise Park Freeman, our dear mother, died August 16, 2018 following a hard fought battle with Parkinson’s disease. She was 89 years old. Mary Louise was born in Atlanta on September 8, 1928 at the old St. Joseph’s Hospital, the first child of Harold Harris Park and Eileen Marie Moloney Park. Mary Louise was a descendant of two old Georgia families whose members took an active role in the education and political development of Hancock and Troup counties as well as Atlanta.
Mary Louise grew up on Seaboard Avenue, attended Sacred Heart and Immaculate Conception Grammar Schools and graduated from Christ the King High School. She attended Marsh Business College and Georgia State College, where she served as the president of the Newman Club. This is where she met her future husband, William (Bill) Edward Freeman.
Bill and Mary Louise were married in February 7,1959 and first settled in Inman Park at the old Pendelton apartments on Euclid Avenue. As their family grew, they moved to Virginia Highland and then to Druid Hills.
With the help of her parents, Mary Louise devoted herself to raising her five children while Bill worked at the Georgia State Labor Department. Our mother’s fierce independence carried her through the sudden death of our father in 1994. She never learned to drive, yet was able to successfully manage the real estate investment business that she built with our father. She was the epitome of a strong and driven southern woman who focused upon family before herself. We will miss her greatly. She was a member of St. Thomas More Church and former member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Korean Widow’s Veterans Association, and with her husband, the Druid Hills Golf Club.
Mary Louise was predeceased by her husband, William E. Freeman (USMC); parents, Eileen and Harold Park; brother, Arthur Park and her cousin Louise Park.
She is survived by children, William Park Freeman (Diane), Atlanta area, Eileen Marie Crochet (Donald), Atlanta area, Harold Harris Freeman, Atlanta, Mary Louise Freeman, Atlanta, Edward Patrick Freeman (Kathleen), Atlanta area; grandchildren. William Patrick Freeman, Mount Pleasant, SC, Joseph Edward Crochet, Atlanta, Daniel Park Crochet, Washington DC, Elizabeth Marie Freeman, Western Carolina University, Mary Kathleen Freeman, Benjamin Harris Freeman and Julia Louise Freeman, Atlanta area; first cousin, Dr. Leland Madison Park, Davidson NC and nieces and nephew, Julia Lundstrum, Lauren Winborne and Arthur Park.
The family will receive friends at H.M. Patterson and Son Spring Hill Chapel on Tuesday, August 21, 2018 from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm with a Rosary Service to follow from 8:00 pm to 9:00 pm. A funeral mass will be conducted at St. Thomas More Catholic Church on Wednesday, August 22, 2018 at 10:00 am. Interment will be at Westview Cemetery with a reception to follow.
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