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Submitted: 8/11/09 • Approved: 8/24/12 • Last Updated: 8/27/12 • R220747-G220746-S3
Born December 30, 1932, Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died December 23, 2001, Jordan, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Daughter of Joe and Zelpha Loosey Lane.
Married Frankie Merl Parnell at Mountain Home, Arkansas. The inscription on the tombstone gives a marriage date of April 30, 1951 while the obituary for Frankie Merl Parnell indicates they were married in 1952, and genealogical information furnished by family members gives a marriage date of April 29, 1950.
The Baxter Bulletin
Mayme L. Parnell, 68, of Jordan died Sunday. She was born Dec 30, 1932, at Norfork and was a lifetime area native and a homemaker.
Mrs. Parnell is survived by four sons, Bobby (Carrie), Ronnie, (Dawn), Randy and Ricky Parnell; three daughters, Hettie (Frank), Tilley, Janice (Louis) Harris, Tammy Harrington (Bob Straws); two brothers, Carl and Mickel Dickerson; five sisters, Edna Greer, Cleota Johnson, Reitha Teegarden, Valma Stacy and Kathy Dickerson; 13 grandchildren; 16 great grandchildren; a host of nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her father, Joe Lane; and mother and step father, Zelpha Loosey Dickerson and George Dickerson; husband Merl Parnell; one daughter; three brothers; two grandchildren.
Visitation will be 9AM -9PM Thursday at Roller Funeral Home with the family receiving friends from 6-8PM. Funeral services will be 2PM Friday at the old Galatia Church. Interment will be at Galatia Cemetery.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
Contributed on 8/11/09 by maxparnell
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