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Submitted: 11/3/09 • Approved: 11/30/12 • Last Updated: 12/3/12 • R254170-G0-S3
SERGEANT US Army
World War II
August 25, 1921-February 12, 1984
Prisoner Of War
Born Norfork, Baxter County, Arkansas.
Died Calico Rock, Izard County, Arkansas.
Son of Earl Abraham & Lucy Bell Dickerson Parnell.
Married Mrs. Georgia Funkhouser Pickens Ellis, December 13, 1958, Yellville, Marion County, Arkansas.
Funeral services for Carl Utah Parnell will be at 2PM today at the Norfork Methodist Church with Rev. Gordon Dunham officiating. Mr. Parnell, 62, died Sunday at the Calico Rock Medical Center.
Interment will be in the Galatia Cemetery with Dennis Chapamn, Bruce Cox, Jimmy Parnell, Dale Chapman, David Parnell and Delman Parnell serving as pallbearers. Honorary pallbearers will be Pasco Lewis, Lefty Harvey, Dean Franks, Burl Reed and Glaysen May.
Survivors include his wife Georgie, at home; one son, Sidney Pickens of Old Joe; three daughters, Linda Huett of Henderson, Lula Bell Ayala of Wichita, KS and Carlotta Blanchard of Maiden, MO; three brothers, Ralph Parnell of Norfork, Tom Parnell of Calico Rock, and Gene Parnell of Effingham, KS; three sisters, Virgie Cox and Hazel Cox both of Mt. Home, and Lena Chapman of Norfork; 14 grandchildren; seven great grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his parents Earl and Lucy Belle Dickeson Parnell and by three brother.
A lifetime resident of Norfork, Mr. Parnell was born Aug 25, 1921, He was a US Army veteran of World War II and was a prisoner of war. He married Georgie Funkhouser Dec 13, 1958, at Norfork.
(From the files of Max Parnell.)
(See Family Memorial.)
(Photo Courtesy of Vera Reeves)
Contributed on 11/3/09 by maxparnell
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