Phaedra Parks wears so many hats in her life as a mom of two, an attorney, a business woman, author, certified Reiki master, and mortician. The Real Housewives of Atlanta Season 16 cast member has shown all these different sides to her resume on RHOA and Married to Medicine. And of all of them, Phaedra has a very deep connection to being a mortician and having worked in a funeral home.
Phaedra previously opened up about her career in funeral services in a Dec. 2022 post to Instagram. The Parks Group founder posted photos alongside funeral home director, Willie Watkins, who mentored Phaedra and allowed her to pursue this dream of hers after the death of her beloved grandmother. "Willie gave me a chance and opportunity to learn the art and ministry of mortuary science following the tragic death of my Nina," she wrote in the caption of the post.
"It was one of the hardest times in my life but working at the funeral home gave me a new purpose and birthed my mortuary ministry," she concluded.
Why did Phaedra Parks want to become a mortician?
Phaedra told Page Six in 2016 that her passion to become a mortician stemmed from a rough period in her life. "I went through a very terrible time about two years straight," she said. "My sister passed, my law partner died, and two of my friends committed suicide. I became so depressed that it sparked something in me, to really research and start hanging out at the funeral home, just to figure out the process."
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