By 1960, Jet magazine was describing Parks as a: " tattered rag of her former self — penniless, debt-ridden, ailing with stomach ulcers, and a throat tumor, compressed into two rooms with her husband and mother."
到 1960 年,《Jet》杂志将帕克斯描述为:“她衣衫褴褛,身无分
,负债累累,胃溃疡,喉咙长了肿瘤,与丈夫和母亲挤在两个房间里。”